Looks like CNN’s jury tampering last week trying to get the names and address of the juror had a little bit of an effect on case. The jury found Manafort guilty on 8 of 18 counts, which includes tax fraud and bank fraud. A mistrial was reach on other counts against Manafort who now faces a ridiculous 80 years in prison. The Mueller scum team headed by Hillary Clinton buddy Andrew Weissmann basically lost on 10 counts.
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A federal jury in Virginia convicted former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on eight counts related to bank and tax fraud, making him the first campaign associate of President Trump found guilty by a jury as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.
But after four days of deliberations, the jury told Judge T.S. Ellis III on Tuesday afternoon that it could not come to a decision on the ten other counts. A mistrial was declared on those counts.
Before the jury was dismissed, Ellis asked jurors if they wanted their names to remain confidential. All answered yes. The judge told them they are allowed to speak to the press if they choose.
The jury began deliberating last Thursday after a three week trial where prosecutors said Manafort hid income earned from political work overseas from the IRS while fraudulently obtaining millions in bank loans. Manafort, 69, had pleaded not guilty.