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Paul Manafort filed a motion yesterday to dismiss the financial crimes charges filed against him in state court in NY. As expected, he's arguing they should be tossed on double jeopardy grounds, citing overlap with his bank fraud conviction in EDVA assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6382… 
Something notable: As much as the early rounds of litigation in Manafort's federal cases were about challenging the special counsel probe and Mueller's authority, that's a non-factor here — instead, in Manafort's motion we get several jabs at NY DA Cy Vance
From Manafort's motion: "Mr. Manafort is entitled to the equal protection of New York’s double jeopardy statute, which permits no exceptions for defendants who have garnered national interest, nor for favored political causes of the elected district attorney."
In arguing the NY case is barred by double jeopardy, Manafort's lawyers provide side-by-side comparisons with language from his EDVA case
