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Headline Roundup August 21st, 2018

Paul Manafort Found Guilty on Eight Counts of Bank and Tax Fraud

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Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, was convicted on Tuesday on eight counts of bank and tax fraud, with the judge declaring a mistrial on the ten remaining charges. Some on the Left have said that the verdict is legally troublesome for Trump, particularly as Manafort enters his second trial in the District of Columbia, while others on the Right claim that Manafort's conviction does nothing to show that the president colluded with Russia.

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Paul Manafort Convicted of Eight Counts of Fraud
Paul Manafort Convicted of Eight Counts of Fraud

Wall Street Journal (News)

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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted Tuesday of eight charges related to tax and bank fraud, in the first trial to stem from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

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Manafort split verdict says nothing on Trump, Russia, and the 2016 election
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What does the Paul Manafort divided verdict -- guilty on 8 fraud charges with a mistrial declared on the remaining 10 charges -- mean for the question of whether the Trump campaign conspired with Russia to fix the 2016 election?

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It could be Trump’s worst day, ever: Manafort guilty on eight counts
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The handwriting was on the wall — or rather, on a note from the Paul Manafort jury to U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis at approximately 11 a.m. inquiring what the jury should do if it could not reach a decision on “a single count.” When the verdict finally came in, the jury was hung on 10 counts but convicted on the remaining eight counts relating to tax and bank fraud.

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