Manafort Trial Update: Mistrial on 10 Counts, Guilty on 8 Counts Tuesday, President Donald Trump called former campaign Chairman Paul Manafort a “good man” and again hammered Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe as a “witch hunt” less than an hour after Mr. Manafort was found guilty of bank and tax fraud. “I must tell you […]
Manafort Jury Cannot Reach Consensus on All Counts The jury in the financial fraud trial of former Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort indicated in a note Tuesday that it is struggling to reach a unanimous verdict on all 18 tax- and bank-fraud charges. The note asked what to do if the jury of 6 men […]
No Verdict, Manafort Jury Adjourns for a 3rd Day Running The jury in the bank and tax fraud trial of former Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort ended its 3rd day of deliberations on Monday without reaching a verdict. The judge said the jury would reconvene on Tuesday morning. The case is the 1st to go […]
Judge in Manafort Trial Received Threats, Fears for Jurors The federal judge in former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s fraud trial refused Friday to release the names of jurors, saying he has received threats and fears for their safety as well. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III revealed his concerns in explaining why he does […]
Robert Mueller ‘Cited’ for Prosecutorial Over Reach Friday, the sitting federal judge in open court challenged special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecution of Paul Manafort, scolding prosecutors for squeezing the former campaign manager to get information that would help impeach President Donald Trump. “The vernacular is, ‘to Sing,’” Judge T.S. Ellis III, a Ronald Reagan appointee, […]
Manafort Vs DOJ Suit to Shut Down Illegal Investigation If and when Paul Manafort wins this case, which it appears according to the law he will, the entire investigation will be deemed illegal, which it is, and therefore legally will have to be shut down, which it should be. Wednesday’s report on the filing of a suit […]
DOJ, Mueller and Rosenstein Under ‘Siege’ Wednesday, Paul Manafort, the former Trump Campaign Chairman, filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJO, special counsel Robert Mueller, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday. The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Mueller’s Russia investigation has extended its scope. He also charges the DOJ broke the law […]
Mueller & Co Needs to be Stripped of Protections and Prosecuted Democratic efforts to protect special counsel Robert Mueller are “Unconstitutional,” former federal prosecutor Larry Klayman said on TV Thursday. “The power to appoint Mueller, the power to remove him lies with the Justice Department,” Mr. Klayman, founder of Freedom Watch said. He said he […]
Mueller Wants to ‘Flip’ Paul Manafort …like USAG Sessions wants to ‘Flip’ Hillary Clinton Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s FBI investigators raiding Paul Manafort’s home last month smacked of “heavy-handed tactics that have never been tried before in this context,” Freedom Watch founder Larry Klayman said Friday. “They want to flip Paul Manafort,” Mr. Klayman, a former federal […]
Paul Manafort now ‘in Charge’ of Donald Trump’s Presidential Campaign Paul Manafort is now ‘in Charge’ of Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign after the campaign announced it has parted ways with Corey Lewandowski. “Mr. Trump obviously made a decision this morning,” Barry Bennett said Monday on TV. “I have not yet talked to him about it, […]
Donald Trump, will not tolerate “Hypocrisy on the Women’s Issue.” Paul Manafort defending the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s attacks on both Hillary Clinton and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, says that Donald Trump will not tolerate “hypocrisy on the women’s issue.” In a TV interview the convention manager for Donald Trump demurred from elaborating on Mr. Trump’s declaration […]
Donald Trump Moving to Unite the GOP Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus struck back at the “Never Trump” movement Friday by calling for party unity, saying that it is “essential to victory” that the party rally around the eventual nominee. “This goes for everyone, whether you’re a county party chairman, an RNC member, or […]
Donald Trump “Fine Tuning” His Campaign For The GOP Nomination As Donald Trump enters the home stretch of his campaign for the Republican nomination for US President, he had engaged a new chief campaign strategist, Paul Manafort. And Mr. Manafort has recruited veterans of his lobbying firm for top spots in the Trump Presidential Campaign. […]