Day one of the Paul Manafort trial: Jury selection, first witness called and a $15,000 ostrich jacke
Source: Washington Post
Paul Manafort, President Trumps onetime campaign chairman, is on trial in federal court in Alexandria on bank and tax fraud charges. Prosecutors allege he failed to pay taxes on millions he made from his work for a Russia-friendly Ukrainian political party, then lied to get loans when the cash stopped coming in.
The case is being prosecuted by the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Here is what happened on the trials first day.
A jury of six men and six women was selected.
The government presented its opening argument, accusing Manafort of failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars he earned working for a pro-Russia political candidate in Ukraine and using the money to fund a lavish lifestyle, including purchasing a $15,000 jacket made from an ostrich.
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George II
(67,782 posts)Let's just hope one of the jurors doesn't mysteriously fall out of a window or get poisoned.
mobeau69
(11,147 posts)A mind blowing read!
C_U_L8R
(45,004 posts)Was he pal'ing around with Brian Eno and Roxy Music or something?
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)I can just picture the sales pitch for this overpriced crap:
Ostrich jacket: perfect for burying your head in the sand and ignoring the law at the same time. All for the very low (read: high) price of $15,000.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)It's about what a worker making the federal minimum wage grosses in a year at 40 hrs/week.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,013 posts)You get a $5K jacket, a happy friend and a store happy for the business. Your friend directs contracts to you.
George II
(67,782 posts)He also received $5.2M from the Sanders campaign.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Here's the PDF of emails and contacts.
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000164-b049-d929-a5e4-b2f9d8e80000
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)politico has the list of emails here in PDF- doubt Bernie knew anything about who Tad emailed.
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000164-b049-d929-a5e4-b2f9d8e80000
George II
(67,782 posts)...asking for a resend of "talking points"!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)7 2010.02.03 Email T. Devine to P. Manafort re Election Night Speech
8 2010.02.15 Email T. Devine to P. Manafort, et al re Job Well Done
Nice to read the court papers