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.
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.
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'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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
Rick Gates took the stand for the third straight day on Wednesday. He testified about money he embezzled and about an extramarital affair he carried on a decade ago.
Manafort's longtime tax accountant will take the stand again Friday morning. He and bookkeeper Heather Washkuhn testified Thursday that they were unaware of Manafort's offshore bank accounts.
President Trump called the Mueller investigation a "hoax" on Twitter, asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end the "rigged witch hunt" and referenced legendary mobster Al Capone.
Joined by Italy's prime minister, the president took questions from reporters Monday. He discussed border security and said he would be willing to meet with Iran's leaders with "no preconditions."
Prosecutors say the former Trump campaign manager and an unnamed associate repeatedly tried to contact two potential witnesses. A judge could order Manafort to jail as he awaits trial.
A suit filed in New York state court alleges that Manafort and a business associate misappropriated millions from a company linked to Oleg Derispaska, who has ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Tony Podesta, brother of Clinton campaign chair John Podesta, blamed "right-wing media" for his decision to leave his namesake firm. The firm assisted Paul Manafort's work in Ukraine.
George Papadopoulos lied to FBI agents about meeting a professor with Russian ties who had promised to provide "dirt" on Trump's Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.
Paul Manafort, who was President Trump's campaign chairman, and a longtime deputy are named in a 12-count indictment. They pleaded not guilty. Manafort's attorney called the allegations "ridiculous."
The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to go ahead with a hearing about foreign influence in the United States, albeit without three of the star witnesses it wanted.
