D.C. Court of Appeals disbars Paul Manafort

Paul Manafort.
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Following his felony convictions, President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been disbarred and can no longer practice law in Washington, D.C.

Manafort was convicted in 2018 of bank and tax fraud, and pleaded guilty to conspiracy and witness tampering. The longtime Republican operative is now serving his nearly eight-year sentence at a minimum security prison in Pennsylvania.

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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.