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Aug 15, 2018 · Veteran white-collar defense attorney Shanlon Wu, who briefly represented Manafort’s longtime business partner Gates, said this strategy of coming across as approachable helps gain a rapport with the jury and humanize the client. Wu said a team of former federal prosecutors gives Manafort “the ability to reverse engineer the prosecution's case.”

What charges did Paul Manafort face?

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal jury in Virginia convicted Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, on eight felony counts on Tuesday, but the judge declared a mistrial on the 10 other charges he faced. Manafort, a fixture in Republican politics for decades, was convicted of five counts of tax fraud, ...

How many counts did Paul Manafort have?

Manafort convicted on 8 counts; mistrial declared on 10 other charges. The trial was the first public test of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible Russian meddling and obstruction of justice by Trump. Tap to Unmute.

Did Paul Manafort look at the jury?

While the jury was in the court room and the verdict was being read, Manafort showed no reaction and stared straight ahead, not looking at the jury. Members of his defense team often turned their heads to look at the jury.

What was Paul Manafort convicted of?

Manafort, a fixture in Republican politics for decades, was convicted of five counts of tax fraud, one count of failure to file a report of foreign bank and financial accounts and two counts of bank fraud. A mistrial was declared in three counts of failing to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts, ...