Manafort Trial Thread

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SLICKYINC said:
"After the income from foreign lobbying in Ukraine dried up, Paul Manafort found himself in serious financial trouble. By early 2016, Manafort was falling behind on bills and maxing out a bank credit line, his longtime bookkeeper told jurors on Thursday.

Prosecutor Greg Andres highlighted Manafort's dire financial straits as they turned to the bank fraud portion of their case.
Their argument in a nutshell: Manafort illegally lied to banks to get loans when he was desperate for cash.
The bookkeeper, Heather Washkuhn, described how Manafort's international lobbying company hemorrhaged money in the years after his patrons in Ukraine were driven from power, losing more than $630,000 in 2015 and $1.1 million in 2016.
Without a steady income, Manafort fell behind on his bills, including payments to the bookkeeping company. At one point, Manafort was even at risk of losing his health insurance because he couldn't make the payments, Washkuhn testified.

Manafort's longtime deputy Rick Gates asked Washkuhn in January 2016 if he could draw funds from one of Manafort's credit lines at the Swiss bank UBS. In court Thursday, Washkuhn read from her reply to Gates, where she said the account was "fully drawn."
Another email from Washkuhn to Manafort said $120,000 was "urgently needed for your personal bills." Another series of emails warned him of an upcoming deadline to pay property taxes on one of his homes in New York before penalties kicked in.
The bookkeeper's testimony described Manafort's financial troubles in January 2016. That's one month before he reached out to candidate Donald Trump, offering to run his campaign without getting paid, according to The New York Times. Trump hired Manafort in March 2016 and stayed until August 2016. It's unclear why Manafort offered to work for free at a time when he needed money."
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Appears to be lots of reasonable doubt in this whole thing..alleged..implied..etc..but I'm not a lawyer..


What he is for sure guilty of is spending dumb money on terrible clothes.
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
Appears to be lots of reasonable doubt in this whole thing..alleged..implied..etc..but I'm not a lawyer..


What he is for sure guilty of is spending dumb money on terrible clothes.
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The M shaped pond is a little much too..
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
That was absolutely BS. First they bust into his house without authority and take his stuff (like it or not the double secret probation memo came out one week AFTER the raid).

Then they arrest him after that BS raid.

Then they freeze his assets preventing him from mounting a feasible defense.

Pure 100% unadulterated bull ****
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Without authority? They had a warrant.

Seizing his assets was legal, and advisable given his flight risk and subsequent effort to tamper with a witness.

As the saying goes, you are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.
 
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hog88 said:
And you wonder why lawyers are mocked.
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Should all judges be mocked too? Because any of them worth their salt would do exactly the same thing under those circumstances.

AirVol said:
Vanity Fair? Really? Lol ok an opinion piece from a flaming liberal.
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Vanity Fair has some really good writers. You might not like the slant but they're excellent at their craft.
 
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Mick said:
Do you not think he is guilty of the crimes accused of? I will settle for truth over any technicality you perceive.
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Anyone willing to sacrifice their freedom for the appearance of security deserves and will have neither
 
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TennTom said:
Should all judges be mocked too? Because any of them worth their salt would do exactly the same thing under those circumstances.


Vanity Fair has some really good writers. You might not like the slant but they're excellent at their craft.
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Are judges not lawyers?
 
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"Prosecutors at Paul Manafort's criminal trial are again asking Judge T.S. Ellis to allow them to use more visual aids in the courtroom, according to a court filing Friday morning.
Throughout the week, Ellis has stood in prosecutors' way when they've wanted to show photographs of Manafort's expensive clothing and other personal purchases and charts summarizing financial findings to the jury.

This time, they're asking the judge to allow them to use two dozen visual aids --charts prepared by the FBI that summarize hundreds of wire transfers Manafort allegedly made and other financial totals.
"The jury is more likely to understand the evidence through summary charts, and presenting the evidence through charts rather than through the voluminous underlying documents will save time," prosecutors wrote in request to the judge on Friday morning.
Ellis will likely address the request without the jury present during proceedings on Friday.

Ellis has repeatedly instructed the prosecutors not to spend much time showing images on the video screens in the court room, as he's been intent on having the trial "move along."
The jurors will be allowed to peruse some of the images outside the courtroom before they decide the case."
 
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SLICKYINC said:
"Prosecutors at Paul Manafort's criminal trial are again asking Judge T.S. Ellis to allow them to use more visual aids in the courtroom, according to a court filing Friday morning.
Throughout the week, Ellis has stood in prosecutors' way when they've wanted to show photographs of Manafort's expensive clothing and other personal purchases and charts summarizing financial findings to the jury.

This time, they're asking the judge to allow them to use two dozen visual aids --charts prepared by the FBI that summarize hundreds of wire transfers Manafort allegedly made and other financial totals.
"The jury is more likely to understand the evidence through summary charts, and presenting the evidence through charts rather than through the voluminous underlying documents will save time," prosecutors wrote in request to the judge on Friday morning.
Ellis will likely address the request without the jury present during proceedings on Friday.

Ellis has repeatedly instructed the prosecutors not to spend much time showing images on the video screens in the court room, as he's been intent on having the trial "move along."
The jurors will be allowed to peruse some of the images outside the courtroom before they decide the case."
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Why do I get this feeling Hollywood Prosecutors are way smarter than ones in real life?
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
Why do I get this feeling Hollywood Prosecutors are way smarter than ones in real life?
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These real life ones need pictures and graphs to sell their case. It's as if they think the jurors aren't smart enough without them....

Now that I think about it.. The Government needs memes to sell their case..
 
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"Philip Ayliff, a tax preparer for Paul Manafort, told the jury Friday morning that in 2012, Manafort was improperly paying himself a salary through the consulting company he and his wife owned.
Manafort reported on his 2012 tax return a total income of $5.36 million. At the time, he and his wife each owned 50 percent of the Ukraine-focused political consulting firm DMP International.
He also reported earning wages of $1.99 million — the same amount his bookkeeper testified to yesterday.
Partners with ownership of businesses like DMP International shouldn't pay out wages, Ayliff testified.
"When we found out he had been paid through the payroll company, we stopped the practice going forward" but still reported the amount on Manafort's 2012 tax return, Ayliff said.​
That year was the same time DMP International received a $1.5 million loan from his alleged shell company Peronova Holdings Limited, which was forgiven and counted as income years later.
It was the first year DMP International existed, after a previous consulting firm that Manafort solely owned was liquidated."
 
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"Philip Ayliff, a tax preparer for Paul Manafort, confirmed to the jury that his tax preparation firm received several emails from Manafort and his right hand man Rick Gates assuring the accountants that they had no foreign accounts.
Ayliff's firm asked Manafort directly in an email in 2011 if he, or his wife, or two daughters had foreign accounts.
Manafort said no, according to an email shown to the jury.

Again in 2012, Gates told the accounting firm "we do not need to file for Paul" documents that showed his interest in Cypriot accounts to the US government.
In 2013, the accountants asked about Manafort's foreign accounts a third time.
The accountants reminded Gates in an email that Manafort would need to disclose to the US Treasury Department any foreign accounts he controlled.
"As discussed, to my knowledge, nothing has changed," Gates wrote back.
Important note: It is a crime not to disclose to the US government any transactions with or money kept in a foreign country.
Manafort has pleaded not guilty to four charges of this crime. The foreign bank account reporting charges are one of three types of criminal charges Manafort faces. The prosecution has previously presented some evidence that speak to his alleged bank fraud and tax crimes.

Prosecutors have even implied that Manafort and Gates used a separate set of accountant in Cyprus and filed tax returns in the country unbeknownst to their US-based financial specialists.
Manafort or Gates "never told you they filed tax returns in Cyprus" or had accountants on the Mediterranean Island, prosecutor Uzo Asonye asked Ayliff in court.
"No," Ayliff responded."
 
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"Paul Manafort's tax preparer Philip Ayliff was asked about several companies identified on a client list provided by Manafort. Ayliff identified nine of them, including Lucicle Consultants Ltd and Global Highway Ltd, as clients.
What prosecutors have alleged: Prosecutors say in the indictment that some of the same companies were actually controlled by Manafort and were used to pay vendors for home renovation, expensive suits and luxury cars.
Ayliff said he had no knowledge that Manafort or Gates had any financial interest in those companies. He added that he had no understanding of the relationship with the companies beyond them being identified by Manafort and Gates as clients.
Prosecutor Uzo Asonye asked why Ayliff would want to know if there was any financial interest by Manafort. Ayliff said if there was a financial interest then Manafort would have had to identify them as foreign bank accounts.
Ayliff was also asked if he would want to know if any income from foreign accounts was used to pay US vendors. Ayliff said yes, he would want to make sure the income was reported correctly.
Asonye later showed email exchanges where Ayliff was following up with Gates on questions about Manafort's tax returns. In one email, Ayliff asked Gates about the source of funding for the Union St. property, to which Gates responded: "This came from a savings account of Kathy's, according to PJM."
 
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SLICKYINC said:
These real life ones need pictures and graphs to sell their case. It's as if they think the jurors aren't smart enough without them....

Now that I think about it.. The Government needs memes to sell their case..
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Use of demonstrative aids, such as a summary of transactions, is commonplace in trials. The jury is told it's not evidence. It's a summary of the evidence by one side.
 
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