MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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By Katelyn Polantz @ CNN.com, July 17, 9:40 pm
Prosecutors, defense attorneys and the judge are hashing out the final details of Paul Manafort's trial with just eight days to go before it begins -- including whether five witnesses will be forced to testify and if the schedule will change.
The former Trump campaign chairman's jury trial in the federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia begins July 25. He faces 18 charges of bank fraud and foreign bank account allegations. If found guilty he could face a sentence of more than 300 years in prison. He is currently in jail in Alexandria, Virginia, for alleged witness tampering, after losing his bail in a separate criminal proceeding.
Witness immunity
Special counsel Robert Mueller asked the judge on Tuesday to sign off on immunity for five unidentified witnesses slated to testify against Manafort beginning next week. If granted, that means the witnesses' testimony couldn't be used against them in later court cases [....]
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The special counsel offers up an itemized list: Mueller lists pic of putting green, Yankees tickets as possible Manafort trial evidence
By Darren Samuelsohn @ Politico.com - 07/18/2018 11:34 PM EDT
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