https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jury-reaches-a-verdict-on-eight-of-18-counts-against-paul-manafortPresident Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort on Tuesday was found guilty on eight of the 18 charges brought against him by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Manafort was found guilty of five tax fraud charges against him by the jury that heard the case over several weeks in Alexandria, Va. The jury also found him guilty of one count of hiding foreign bank accounts, and two counts of bank fraud.
Judge T.S. Ellis III declared a mistrial on 10 other charges he faced.
The jury of six men and six women delivered their verdict after four days of deliberations.
Manafort faced charges of bank and tax fraud. His trial was the first stemming from Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and has garnered intense attention from the media and the public, although this trial dealt with Manafort's activities before he started working for Trump's campaign.
Manafort faced the possibility of life in prison if he were found guilty on all 18 counts.
He was present in court in a black suit Tuesday, along with his wife. The trial began July 31 and over a span of three weeks, the 12-member jury heard testimony from 27 witnesses and viewed more than 350 exhibits from the government.
Manafort’s defense attorneys chose not to call any witnesses to the stand, and Manafort himself also declined to testify.