Paul Manafort found guilty of 8 counts of tax fraud, bank fraud, and failure to report foreign bank accounts
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- A jury found Paul Manafort guilty of eight counts out of 18 related to tax fraud, bank fraud, and failure to report foreign bank accounts on Tuesday after a high stakes criminal trial.
- They were unable to reach a verdict on the other 10 counts he was accused of, and the judge declared a mistrial on those charges.
- Manafort is the former chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign and he was indicted in the Russia investigation.
- Manafort is set to face trial as part of a second indictment from the special counsel Robert Mueller in Washington, DC, in September.
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A jury in Alexandria, Virginia has found Paul Manafort guilty of eight counts related to tax and bank fraud following a high stakes criminal trial that gripped the nation for weeks.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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