Prosecution rests in Manafort fraud trial

Paul Manafort.
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On Monday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's prosecutors rested their case against President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Manafort has been charged with tax evasion, money laundering, and bank fraud. Manafort is accused of failing to report millions of dollars he earned while working as a political consultant in Ukraine, ahead of joining the Trump campaign. The prosecution's witnesses have included accountants, bank executives, and Manafort's former business partner Rick Gates, who agreed to work with the government and pleaded guilty to reduced charges in February.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.