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Paul Manafort Released From Prison To Home Confinement Due To Coronavirus Concerns

3:38pm May 13, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, is released to home confinement early Wednesday due to concerns of exposure to COVID-19, his lawyer tells NPR.

This courtroom sketch shows Paul Manafort listening to U.S. District court Judge T.S. Ellis III at federal court in Alexandria, Va., in August 2018. Manafort is being sentenced on Thursday.

Paul Manafort, Former Trump Campaign Chairman, Sentenced To Just Under 4 Years

9:08pm March 07, 2019

The sentence in federal court followed Manafort's conviction in a bank and tax fraud trial last summer. The case involved Manafort's political work for powerful clients in Eastern Europe.

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives for a hearing in U.S District Court in June 2018 in Washington, D.C.

Feds List What They Call Manafort Lies But Few Details Visible In Blacked-Out Filing

8:56pm January 15, 2019

by Philip Ewing

The special counsel's office wants a judge to consider Paul Manafort's plea agreement void after what the government calls false statements. Manafort argues he didn't breach his deal.

Paul Manafort arrives for a hearing at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on June 15. A new court filing says Manafort is suspected of having shared polling data with a business associate who has links to the Russian intelligence service.

Manafort Allegedly Shared 2016 Polling With Associate Linked To Russian Intelligence

5:25pm January 08, 2019

by Carrie Johnson

Paul Manafort's lawyers botched redactions in a court filing, revealing the information. Separately, the Supreme Court denied a request believed to be a challenge to special counsel Robert Mueller.

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, agreed to forfeit real estate in a plea deal he made last month.

Feds Move To Take Paul Manafort's Trump Tower Condo

8:51pm October 05, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Federal prosecutors announced their intention to seize the property as soon as Oct. 20. The condo is one of several properties the former Trump campaign chairman agreed to forfeit last month.

Manafort's Guilty Plea Details His Entanglement With Russian-Backed Oligarchs

1:22pm September 19, 2018

by Terry Gross

New York Times reporter Ken Vogel says that Paul Manafort engaged in illegal lobbying to burnish the image of Viktor Yanukovych, the authoritarian president of Ukraine.

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President Trump held a rally Tuesday night but waited until Wednesday to respond to the legal troubles of two close associates.

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A Day After Cohen Guilty Plea, Trump Contradicts His Former Personal Lawyer

4:49pm August 22, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

President Trump and the White House had stayed mostly silent in the wake of Paul Manafort's conviction and Michael Cohen's guilty plea, but Wednesday he returned to Twitter and taped a TV interview.

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Michael Cohen, former lawyer to President Trump, leaves the federal courthouse Tuesday in New York City.

Michael Cohen's Lawyer Says His Client Would Never Accept Pardon From 'Corrupt' Trump

1:39pm August 22, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Trump's longtime attorney and fixer pleaded guilty Tuesday to eight counts. Lawyer Lanny Davis tells NPR that Cohen considers Trump "to be both corrupt and a dangerous person in the Oval Office."

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Guilty: 6 Takeaways From Manafort's And Cohen's Big Day

10:05am August 22, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

The two high-profile people close to President Trump were either found guilty or pleaded guilty to multiple federal crimes — and one implicated the president in a major campaign finance violation.

Kevin Downing, an attorney with the defense team for Paul Manafort, leaves federal court Monday as the trial of the former Trump campaign chairman continues.

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Prosecutors Conclude Arguments Against Paul Manafort In Bank And Tax Fraud Trial

8:28pm August 13, 2018

The government called more than two dozen witnesses in its bid to prove Manafort had allegedly violated tax and banking laws. His defense team will have a chance to call witnesses next.