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The latest in the Paul Manafort trial

"Manafort trial Day 14: Jury 'scared' as it heads home without a verdict"

By POLITICO Staff | 08/06/18 06:00 PM EDT | Updated 08/17/18 1:17 PM EDT

Accused
Paul Manafort
Plea Deal
Rick Gates
Judge
T.S. Ellis III
Prosecution
Greg Andres
Defense
Kevin Downing
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How we got here

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s first test in court is about to reach its conclusion. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort faces 18 counts ..
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-charges-factbox/factbox-ex-trump-aide-paul-manafort-faces-18-criminal-counts-idUSKBN1KK12V ..
of bank and tax fraud related to his work as a political consultant for a pro-Russia party in Ukraine.

The charges stem from Mueller’s probe into Russian government interference during the 2016 election, but don’t really touch on Russia’s meddling efforts.

With the jury set to deliver a verdict shortly, we’ll be tracking the results here. You can also check out a summary of each day of the three-week trial below.

Day Fourteen

"I think the whole Manafort trial is very sad

What happened

President Donald Trump offered his thoughts on the Manafort case on Friday as jurors began their second day of deliberations. Trump declared Manafort's plight “very sad” — and declined to rule out the possibility of pardoning his former campaign chairman. It remained unclear how much longer the jury would deliberate before reaching a verdict.

Read more about what happened today ..
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/17/manafort-verdict-latest-news-updates-783089 .

https://www.politico.com/interactives/2018/paul-manafort-trial-latest-news/