Thread by @BBuchman_CNS

The man who helped run a shadow campaign for Ukraine's former president to jail that president's opponent is grateful for his pardon for tax crimes and bank fraud:

https://twitter.com/PaulManafort/status/1341904217401937921

Prosecutor Greg Andres to jurors: “If you have any doubt that he’s guilty of bank fraud or conspiracy to commit bank fraud at the Federal Savings Bank, then all you need to remember is that he sent a fake profit and loss sheet to Federal Savings Bank.”
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More than $20 million did Mr. Manafort hide. He received a slap on the wrists, barely served any jail time and was released early before being pardoned.

Kalief Browder was held at Rikers for 3 years WITHOUT A TRIAL on allegations he stole a backpack. Browder killed himself.

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Since Paul Manafort was pardoned, I have decided to post a thread of my coverage of him in Virginia here, starting from the time Manafort was hit was his indictment to his pardon yesterday. It is not a comprehensive record of my coverage but near to it.
@CourthouseNews

So it began.

(CN) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a longtime business associate were charged Monday in a 12-count indictment stemming from the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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(CN) – President Donald Trump’s decision to lunch with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, only hours after criminal charges were filed against Trump’s former campaign chairman, astonished at least one legal observer.

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(CN) — An attorney who found himself in the crosshairs of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the '16 election pleaded guilty to lying to federal authorities about his contacts with a former Trump campaign associate.
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WASHINGTON (CN) – Special counsel Robert Mueller filed new charges on Thursday against former Trump campaign staffers Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, accusing them of tax and bank fraud.
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WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal judge on Thursday approved a request from attorneys for former Trump campaign aide charged in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe to be severed from his case.
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(CN) – A former Trump campaign official indicted by Mueller in connection to his probe of Russia meddling in the '16 election pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy against the United States and one count of making a false statement to the FBI agents.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – A federal judge in Virginia on Thursday set a July 10 trial date for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on charges of bank and tax fraud associated with work he performed for Ukrainian lobbyists.
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(CN) – Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Wednesday night asked a federal judge to throw out five criminal charges against him.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Friday agreed to waive his right to a speedy trial in one of two criminal cases tied to work he performed for Ukrainian lobbyists.
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(CN) – Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort made another attempt to have criminal charges brought against him by Robert Mueller thrown out by a fed. court — but this time the request was filed in VA, where he is scheduled to stand trial in July.
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(CN) – Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein gave Robert Mueller the authority to investigate allegations of collusion between President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and the Russian government, according to a court filing in the case Monday night.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – Special Counsel Robert Mueller is pushing back at Paul Manafort’s attempts to convince a court to dismiss several bank and tax fraud charges brought against him, saying the former Trump campaign chairman’s arguments lack merit.
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(CN) – A week after Special Counsel Robert Mueller responded to Paul Manafort’s request to shed charges against him, attys for the former Trump campaign chair renewed their efforts by challenging the authority of acting Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein.
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WASHINGTON (CN) – An attorney for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort did not appear to make much headway Thursday as he tried for a second time this week to see all charges against his client dismissed.
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(CN) – In a series of motions, an attorney for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort argues that media reports featuring leaks from anonymous government officials have spoiled his chances at a fair trial and violated his constitutional rights.
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CN– A federal judge said he wants to see unredacted versions of the DOJ's memos setting the scope of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 2016 election probe before deciding whether to toss charges filed against onetime Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
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(CN) – Attorneys for Paul Manafort renewed their call that evidence found in Manafort’s home and storage unit be suppressed and that a federal judge reconsider the legal theory used by special counsel Robert Mueller to expose the findings.
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WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal judge ruled Friday that two similar counts appearing on former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s indictment do not subject him to double jeopardy.
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WASHINGTON (CN) – Paul Manafort, the former chairman for President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, used an encrypted messaging app in order to tamper with a witness, Special Counsel Robert Mueller alleges in a filing entered Monday night.
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(CN) – Special Counsel Mueller asked a federal judge to place limits on how and in what context attorneys for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort can accuse the Justice Department of the “selective” or “vindictive” prosecution of their client.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – A federal judge Tuesday granted former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s request to skip a pre-trial hearing scheduled for Friday due to the long commute from a prison in Virginia.
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(CN) — A federal judge in Virginia rejected a move by President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman to have charges brought against him by the special counsel in the Russia investigation thrown out.
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The FBI agent who searched a storage locker used by Paul Manafort testified about the anxious moments that passed as he awaited the issuance of a search warrant and of the uncovered evidence now forming a significant part of the case against Paul Manafort
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted a list featuring 436 pieces of evidence prosecutors will consider using in the upcoming trial for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
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(CN) – A federal judge said Monday he will push back the start of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s trial on multiple fraud charges six days, and that he will grant immunity to five witnesses scheduled to testify for the prosecution.
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The trial is about to begin.

Prosecutors: Manafort was engaged in a complex international money laundering scheme in which more than $30 million flowed through offshore accounts in Cyprus, Saint Vincent, Seychelles and elsewhere.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – On Tuesday morning, the verified Twitter account of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort appeared frozen in time.
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(CN) — A jury has been seated in the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on tax evasion and bank fraud charges
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The trial of Paul Manafort opened with prosecutors working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller accusing the high-flying political consultant of putting “himself and his money above the law” while flouting tax & banking regulations.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – On the 2nd day of Paul Manafort’s bank + tax fraud trial, jurors would hear testimony from political consultant Daniel Rabin and an FBI agent. Prosecutors would also receive warning about using the term "oligarch" in Manafort's case.
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(CN) – A prosecutor at the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort said Wednesday Richard Gates, Manafort’s former business associate, might not be called to testify.
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(CN) – Despite U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III’s frequent reminders that it isn’t a crime to be rich, prosecutors at Paul Manafort's trial sought to highlight the lavish spending habits of President Trump’s former campaign manager.
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#ostrich

(CN) – Prosecutors will ask jurors to follow the money in the Paul Manafort trial, a trail they say shows that the former campaign chairman took millions from wealthy Ukrainian clients then hid it from banks and the Internal Revenue Service
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(CN) – Prosecutors at Paul Manafort’s fraud and money laundering trial said Thursday they still plan to call Rick Gates, the former Trump campaign chairman’s former deputy, to testify, perhaps as early as Friday.
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Paul Manafort’s accountant handled his finances extensively for 7 years but during her testimony at trial, she told prosecutors the former Trump campaign chairman never told her about the numerous offshore accounts he registered around the globe.
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Paul Manafort found himself in serious financial trouble in 2016 after his long-time patrons in Ukraine were driven from power, federal prosecutors said Thursday, the third day of the former Trump campaign chairman’s trial on fraud and conspiracy charges.
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(CN) – Prosecutors at Paul Manafort’s bank and tax fraud trial began their day by again asking Judge T.S. Ellis III to allow them to use more visual aids, including charts prepared by the FBI to explain Manafort’s wire transfers, in the courtroom.
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Cindy Laporta, an accountant who is the first witness granted immunity by prosecutors to testify against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, admitted she filed tax returns she knew contained false info. supplied to her by Manafort & Rick Gates.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – Rick Gates, considered the government’s star witness in the prosecution of Paul Manafort, began testifying Monday afternoon against the former campaign chairman for President Donald Trump.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – Returning to the stand to testify against Paul Manafort, Rick Gates walked the jury Tuesday morning through the money problems that threatened the lavish lifestyle to which his erstwhile employer had become accustomed.
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When Trump's name was finally uttered, you could hear a pin drop in that courtroom.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – President Donald Trump’s name has been mostly absent from the trial of Paul Manafort, his former campaign chairman, but that changed on Tuesday.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – Recalling his chat with Paul Manafort after they both were called in by the FBI, Rick Gates testified Wednesday that the former Trump campaign chair claimed to have told the investigator the truth.
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In a bid to unravel hours of elaborate testimony about Paul Manafort’s financial records, defense attorneys zeroed in on one detail they painted as particularly curious – the former Trump campaign chair’s signature on various tax and loan forms.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – In the same month that Paul Manafort was seeking a mortgage on his Manhattan apartment, the condominium’s Airbnb rental listing was deactivated, a witness from the travel website confirmed Thursday on the witness stand.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – The eighth day of Paul Manafort’s bank and tax-fraud trial kicked off Thursday with the presiding judge apologizing for having lashed out at prosecutors a day earlier.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – With just four witnesses left to take the stand, prosecutors for Special Counsel Robert Mueller said Thursday they expect to rest their fraud case against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort this week.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – Two bank workers and one employee of the New York Yankees are expected to round out the witness list before federal prosecutors rest their case against Paul Manafort on Friday.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – A Chicago bank approved Paul Manafort for a loan just 1 day after the bank’s chief told him he was interested in serving for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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A bank officer said in earlier testimony to have helped Manafort fraudulently secure loans, the government’s potential last witness testified that the transactions were approved at the behest of an executive angling for a spot in the Trump administration.
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Prosecutors wrapped up their case against Paul Manafort as the judge agreed to instruct jurors they cannot find Manafort guilty for omissions made by his company because the indictment only names him individually.
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A federal judge rejected former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s motion for acquittal of bank and tax fraud charges moments before his defense team rested without calling any witnesses, setting the stage for closing arguments Wednesday morning.
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Prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments Paul Manafort is “not above the law,” while defense attorneys for the former Trump campaign chairman argued evidence presented by the government does not add up to criminal conduct.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – Heading into a second day of deliberations Friday, Paul Manafort’s jury is learning quickly that the presiding judge has few indulgences for them.
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You ever see a herd of about 50 reporters try to squeeze onto an elevator meant for 6?

(CN) – A federal jury in northern VA found Paul Manafort guilty of hiding millions of dollars in offshore accounts and lying to bankers to get loans.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday by a federal judge in Virginia for his conviction on multiple financial fraud charges.
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WASHINGTON (CN) — Outgoing President Donald Trump issued a pardon to former campaign manager-turned-convict Paul Manafort on Wednesday.
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