Manafort pleads not guilty to state fraud charges in New York
By Morgan Chalfant - 06/27/19 02:49 PM EDT
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has pleaded not guilty to state fraud charges in New York.
Manafort, a key figure in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, entered his plea during an arraignment Thursday in Manhattan, according to multiple reports.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance announced the indictment on March 13 — the same day that Manafort was sentenced in Washington, D.C., to the second of two prison terms for crimes uncovered in the course of Mueller’s investigation.
A grand jury in Manhattan returned a 16-count indictment charging Manafort with residential mortgage fraud, falsifying business records and other crimes.
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