NY files fraud charges against Manafort
Print Edition
New York prosecutors filed mortgage fraud and other charges on Wednesday against Paul Manafort, US President Donald Trump鈥檚 former campaign chief, just minutes after he was sentenced to an additional 43 months in prison in another case.
Manafort, 69, who appeared in court in a wheelchair, is now facing a total of 7.5 years in jail after going before two federal judges for tax crimes, bank fraud and conspiracy charges.
Trump has previously dangled the possibility of a pardon for Manafort, who headed his White House bid for two months in 2016, but the president said on Wednesday that he has 鈥渘ot even given it a thought.鈥
鈥淚 do feel badly for him,鈥 Trump added. 鈥淚 think it鈥檚 a very sad situation.鈥
Trump could pardon Manafort for the array of federal crimes he has been convicted of, but he would be unable to do anything about a potential conviction in New York state.
鈥淣o one is beyond the law in New York,鈥 Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said in announcing the 16-count indictment of Manafort.
Manafort鈥檚 prosecution is one of the most high-profile cases stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller鈥檚 investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and whether any members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.
Collusion a separate issue
Trump seized upon Manafort鈥檚 sentencing by Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington to claim it had been 鈥減roven again today鈥 that 鈥渢here was no collusion鈥 between anyone on his election campaign and Moscow.
But Jackson did not say the case had proven there was no collusion, saying the issue was 鈥渘ot presented in this case.鈥
鈥淭herefore it was not resolved in this case either,鈥 Jackson said. 鈥淭he 鈥榥o collusion鈥 refrain is unrelated to the matter at hand.鈥
Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison by another judge last week for five counts of filing false income tax returns, two counts of bank fraud and one of failing to report a foreign bank account.
The charges were related to more than US$55 million he earned doing lobbying and consulting for pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine and his use of offshore bank accounts to hide the payments from US tax authorities.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
