Thread by @TheLoyalO

#ManafortTrial Day 4:

The prosecution is awaiting approval to present financial activity summary charts from foreign & U.S. banks:

✅An FBI forensic accountant reviewed 1000s of docs

✅17 domestic & 15 foreign Manafort-controlled entities

✅ >200 international wire xfers

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#ManafortTrial Day 4 cont.

CPA who prepared Manafort’s tax docs from 1997-2014 testified:

✅Manafort repeatedly claimed 0 foreign accounts

✅Was asked by Manafort to lie to bank about properties (bank fraud)

✅Was told 1.5M from Cyprus was loan, not payment (tax fraud)

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#ManafortTrial Day 4 cont.

Manafort's accountant from 2014 (granted immunity) testified:

✅In 10/4/16 email, Manafort claimed 0 foreign accounts

✅She was suspicious of foreign loans but reduced loan amount to avoid confrontation, saving Manafort~$500K in tax liability

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#ManafortTrial Day 4 cont.

@washingtonpost has full details of today's proceedings.

The trial will resume on Monday, August 6th.

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