Aug 14, 2018 · ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort’s lawyers declined Tuesday to call any witnesses to defend him against charges of bank and tax fraud. Mr. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, also...
When Paul Manafort’s attorneys rested his case at 11:53 A.M. on Tuesday without calling a single witness, courtroom tourists and avid onlookers of Robert Mueller’s Russia probe were ...
Aug 15, 2018 · Manafort can’t call anyone to the stand who can meaningfully testify that Manafort wasn’t doing these things. And if he did call anyone to testify as a character witness, it would give Mueller the opportunity to cross-examine that witness, opening up a can of worms about other things that Manafort has done wrong.
Aug 14, 2018 · Manafort’s decision not to testify and not to call witnesses was announced by his attorney, Kevin Downing, before the jury on Tuesday afternoon. Asked by U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III whether he wished to testify in his defense, Manafort responded: “No, sir.”
Aug 15, 2018 · With a knowing glance at the jury, Hafetz announced that the defense would call no witnesses. On Tuesday, attorneys for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort made the same announcement ...
The first alleged misstatement identified in the Special Counsel’s submission (regarding a text exchange on May 26, 2018) related to a text message from a third-party asking permission to use Mr. Manafort’s name as an introduction in the event the third-party met the President. This does not constitute outreach by Mr. Manafort to the President. The second example identified by the Special Counsel is hearsay purportedly offered by an undisclosed third party and the defense has not been provided with the statement (or any witness statements that form the basis for alleging intentional falsehoods).
Oops and/or uh oh?! Paul Manafort ‘s attorneys failed to properly redact their latest court filing in response to special counsel Robert Mueller, including lines that allude to “the President.”