The following article by Justin Jouvenal, Rachel Weiner, Matt Zapotosky and Rosalind Helderman was posted on the Washington Post website August 7, 2018:
Before he joined the Trump campaign, Paul Manafort made a name for himself in the D.C. lobbying world, but his past caught up with him. (Dalton Bennett , Jon Gerberg, Jesse Mesner-Hage/The Washington Post)
Paul Manafort, President Trump’s onetime campaign chairman, is on trial in federal court in Alexandria on bank and tax fraud charges. Prosecutors allege that 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’s what you need to know about Day 6 of this trial:
- Manafort’s longtime business partner Rick Gates took the stand for a second day.
- He admitted to having an extra-marital affair in London and to embezzling from Manafort.
- Gates testified about how he and Manafort set up offshore accounts in Cyprus to transfer money to the U.S.