Takeaways from prosecutors' case against Paul Manafort
WASHINGTON - After roughly two dozen witnesses and nine days of testimony, federal prosecutors are expected to finish presenting their case against Paul Manafort on Monday. Then lawyers for President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman will present his defense.
The trial is the first on charges brought by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. Manafort has pleaded not guilty to tax evasion, bank fraud and conspiracy.
Reporters and spectators have packed the stiff wooden pews every day of the trial. Here's what we've learned so far.
- The case really isn't about Russia.
Prosecutors disclosed before the trial that they
