Manafort Jury Works Again After Query on One Count: Trial Update
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Jurors in the Paul Manafort fraud trial seem to be closer to a verdict, asking what to do if they aren’t in agreement on one of the 18 counts. The phrasing of the question raises the possibility that they could be in agreement on the others -- though what they agree on is unknown, of course. The case is the first trial for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and jurors are reviewing 388 documents and the testimony of 27 witnesses. Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, is accused of bank and tax fraud in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.
U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III urged the jurors to give a fresh look at the evidence and try to reach a consensus on all of the counts.