U.S. rests its case against former Trump aide Manafort

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Tue, 14 Aug 2018 - 01:00 GMT

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Donald Trump's former campaign chair and convention manager Paul Manafort appears at a press conference at the Republican Convention in Cleveland - REUTERS

Donald Trump's former campaign chair and convention manager Paul Manafort appears at a press conference at the Republican Convention in Cleveland - REUTERS

CAIRO – 14 August 2018: U.S. prosecutors on Monday rested their case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort after 10 days of testimony detailing how he avoided taxes on at least $16 million of income and lied to banks to maintain an extravagant lifestyle once his work for pro-Kremlin politicians in Ukraine dried up.

More than two dozen witnesses painted a picture of Manafort, 69, as a lavish spender with little regard for the law. A political consultant in the Ukraine, Manafort stashed his money in 31 undisclosed offshore bank accounts, and skirted taxes on that income by wiring it directly to vendors to snap up real estate, bespoke suits, cars and antique rugs, the witnesses said.

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