Paul Manafort found guilty of eight fraud charges

Former Trump campaign chairman faces up to 80 years in prison

Paul Manafort has been convicted of eight out of 18 fraud charges
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Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman has been found guilty on eight counts of fraud, in what CNN describes as “a major victory for special counsel Robert Mueller”.

Manafort was found guilty of five tax fraud charges, two counts of bank fraud and one charge of hiding foreign bank accounts, and now faces up to 80 years in prison.

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