Manafort to Learn If Feds Will Add Third Trial to Deepening Woes
Source: Bloomberg
President Donald Trump’s onetime campaign chairman already faces another trial next month on money laundering and obstruction of justice charges. By the end of the day, Manafort is due to learn whether he’ll face still another date in court: Because his jury in Alexandria, Virginia, failed to return verdicts last week on 10 of the 18 counts against him, federal prosecutors must now declare whether they intend to retry Manafort on those charges.
Whatever the feds decide Wednesday, Manafort, 69, is already likely to do hard time for the guilty counts in Alexandria. The judge in that case, T.S. Ellis III, has a history of tough sentencing. The trial next month is in a venue that could be less friendly than Ellis’s court.
Preparing for a trial and a retrial would translate into more legal bills for the formerly high-living campaign strategist, who can also now anticipate the prospect of stiff financial penalties for his tax crimes.
Snowballing legal woes like those have historically led many defendants to seek plea deals. Manafort’s lawyers reportedly sought such an agreement, unsuccessfully, during the days the Alexandria jury was deliberating.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-29/manafort-to-learn-if-feds-will-add-third-trial-to-deepening-woes
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