Prosecutors cast Manafort as a serial liar in closing remarks

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Prosecutors cast Manafort as a serial liar in closing remarks
By Lydia Wheeler - 08/15/18 01:12 PM EDT

Federal prosecutors painted Paul Manafort as a serial liar in closing arguments Wednesday morning in the tax and bank fraud case against the one-time Trump campaign chairman.

“Mr. Manafort lied to keep more money when he had it and he lied to get more money when he didn’t,” prosecutor Greg Andres said from the podium, which had been moved to face the jury.

“This is a case about lies.”

Manafort is facing 18 criminal counts of tax and bank fraud, charges which stem from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

Prosecutors have spent the last two and half weeks trying to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Manafort hid from the IRS millions he earned from a lucrative career as a political consultant in Ukraine in 31 overseas accounts and filed false documents to obtain bank loans when the work and ultimately the money dried up.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/401966-prosecutors-cast-manafort-as-a-serial-liar-in-closing-remarks

[XenaLee]

Prosecutors cast Manafort as a serial liar in closing remarks
By Lydia Wheeler - 08/15/18 01:12 PM EDT

Federal prosecutors painted Paul Manafort as a serial liar in closing arguments Wednesday morning in the tax and bank fraud case against the one-time Trump campaign chairman.

“Mr. Manafort lied to keep more money when he had it and he lied to get more money when he didn’t,” prosecutor Greg Andres said from the podium, which had been moved to face the jury.

“This is a case about lies.”

Manafort is facing 18 criminal counts of tax and bank fraud, charges which stem from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

Prosecutors have spent the last two and half weeks trying to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Manafort hid from the IRS millions he earned from a lucrative career as a political consultant in Ukraine in 31 overseas accounts and filed false documents to obtain bank loans when the work and ultimately the money dried up.

more
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/401966-prosecutors-cast-manafort-as-a-serial-liar-in-closing-remarks

If they indicted and prosecuted (and jailed) every critter in DC that "hid money from the IRS" (offshore bank accounts).... DC would be a literal ghost town.  Funny how that practice is evil for some, but SOP and apparently A-OK for others.  How else could you explain how filthy rich Congress-critters get while in office with their measly "under $200,000/year salaries"?

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His 2005 tax return, Ostrich coat are tied to Russia and the 2016 election exactly how, again?


Ukraine is as much a part of Russia, as Alberta is a part of the USA.

[Bigun]

If that's all they've got its over.  If being a serial liar was a crime every politician on the planet would be locked up.