Paul Manafort's financial fraud trial has come to a close — but that doesn't mean his fate is sealed.
Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, was found guilty of eight counts of financial fraud Tuesday. However, a mistrial was declared on the other 10 charges against him, as the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict. That means that Manafort can be retried on those counts, reports The Washington Post.
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On top of Manafort's guilty verdict, he still has to worry about a second trial, set to start in September in Washington, D.C. That trial will determine whether Manafort will face additional consequences over charges of failing to register as a lobbyist for the Ukraine government. Those charges are the reason Manafort has been in solitary, albeit comparatively luxurious, confinement; a judge revoked his bail after he was accused of witness tampering in June.
So while Manafort reportedly received the news of his guilty verdict with nothing more than a stoic look, that may have been because he was thinking about how far he has yet to go. Read more at The Washington Post.
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