Vice President Mike Pence will hold a second event during his Central Valley stop next Wednesday. According to a post on the America First Policies website, the nonprofit that promotes traditional conservative positions will host an event titled “USMCA: A Better Deal for American Workers.” It takes place at Doug...
Manafort Trial Turns From Prosecution's Case to His Defense
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Prosecutors rested their tax evasion and bank fraud case in the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, closing two weeks of testimony that depicted him as using millions of dollars hidden in offshore accounts to fund a luxurious lifestyle — and later obtaining millions more...
Gates Says Manafort Told Him to Be Truthful to FBI
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The star witness in Paul Manafort's financial fraud trial says the former Trump campaign chairman told him to be truthful about offshore shell companies and bank accounts during a 2014 interview with the FBI. Rick Gates said under questioning from Manafort's lawyer Wednesday that he told FBI...
Longtime Manafort Deputy Rick Gates Admits Embezzlement
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The government's star witness in the financial fraud trial of Paul Manafort testified Monday that he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from the former Trump campaign chairman — and told jurors that he and Manafort committed crimes together. Rick Gates has been regarded as a crucial...
Prosecutors Turn to Manafort Taxes, Unreported Bank Accounts
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Prosecutors headed toward the heart of their financial fraud case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Friday, with jurors expected to hear testimony that he never told his tax accountants about offshore bank accounts containing millions of dollars. The testimony of longtime accountant Philip Ayliff...