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Jury signals it needs more time for Manafort verdict
The Hill ^ | August 17, 2018 | LYDIA WHEELER AND MORGAN CHALFANT

Posted on 08/17/2018 12:26:39 PM PDT by jazusamo

The jury in the criminal tax and bank fraud trial against one-time Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort signaled in a note to the judge Friday afternoon they are unlikely to reach a verdict before the weekend.

In a note to Judge T.S. Ellis III, the jury said they would like to finish at 5 p.m. because one of the jurors has an event they would like to attend. Ellis said he will bring the jury back in the courtroom at ten minutes to 5 p.m. to ask what time they would like to reconvene on Monday.

The jury deliberations now in their second day started around 9:40 a.m. Friday.

Kevin Downing, an attorney for Manafort, told The Hill that he sees the note as a signal the jury will not reach a verdict on Friday.

Manafort has been charged with 18 counts of tax and bank fraud, charges that include failing to report overseas accounts.

The jury on Thursday asked Ellis to redefine reasonable doubt and answer additional questions about reporting foreign bank accounts, filing requirements related income, shelf companies and what evidence relates to each charge.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: alexandria; jamescomey; jury; kevindowning; lisapage; manafort; manaforttrial; paulmanafort; peterstrzok; robertmueller; tsellisiii; virginia
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To: Williams

CNN is jury tampering. If you are a Jurist and you find out CNN is going to publish your name and address are you going to put your family in jeopardy from the crazies for Manfort?


21 posted on 08/17/2018 12:42:56 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: MattinNJ
Jurors do get tired - especially when they're harangued or bored by a mulish juror.
22 posted on 08/17/2018 12:43:06 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: jazusamo

I predict Guilty on One Count of Something Ridiculous.


23 posted on 08/17/2018 12:43:58 PM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: Beowulf9

No, sequestration is the exception rather than the rule I believe. Not required by law, used when the judge thinks the jury may be subject to tampering.


24 posted on 08/17/2018 12:45:08 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: jazusamo

It’ll be a hung jury by the end of the day.


25 posted on 08/17/2018 12:46:39 PM PDT by Jim Shoe
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To: jazusamo

I still haven’t heard a good reason as to why a “tax and bank fraud” case is being prosecuted by Mueller’s team.

If Rudy was the AG, this would never have happened - no recusal, no Rosenstein, no Mueller...


26 posted on 08/17/2018 12:52:24 PM PDT by Tadhg
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To: jazusamo

Lol, too bad I am not on the jury. Acquit and you can go home. If not, stay here with me. Did I ever tell you about my uncle who loved beans? The musical fruit?


27 posted on 08/17/2018 12:52:43 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: jazusamo

“...because one of the jurors has an event they would like to attend.”

Well, isn’t that just special.


28 posted on 08/17/2018 12:54:37 PM PDT by odawg
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To: sourcery

This has happened before: there is one hold-out for acquittal because of reasonable doubt.
Those wanting to convict ask judge for definition of reasonable doubt.
The judge told them that reasonable doubt did not mean “all possible doubt” but was “doubt based on reason.”
Jurors who want a conviction will use this to bully the one hold-out, saying he/she is not using common sense.


29 posted on 08/17/2018 12:56:38 PM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: Tadhg

I agree, this whole thing is a farce.


30 posted on 08/17/2018 12:57:08 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: LostPassword

“CNN has two more days to convince the jurors or their families of the “correct” verdict.”

The John Gotti method, or possibly more brutal?


31 posted on 08/17/2018 12:58:37 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: sourcery

Not sure about that. The jury came in quick with OJ’s verdict.

I think with 18 counts they’re probably looking at conviction on some of the lesser accounts. If he were found innocent on all they’d come in quickly.

In summary, I read this as bad for Manifort. But then again what the heck do I know.


32 posted on 08/17/2018 12:59:07 PM PDT by nikos1121 (Trump w/ Cabinet to the press:"You're free to stay or to go, as I believe in a free press." lol)
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To: HandBasketHell

I will speculate there is more than 1 hold out. Giving Gate the plea deal on his admitted crimes would be enough to create reasonable doubt for me. Mueller nullified his on case with Gates.


33 posted on 08/17/2018 1:02:33 PM PDT by Gahanna Bob
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To: Jim Shoe
It’ll be a hung jury by the end of the day.

It won't, because the judge is letting them go home, to reconvene on Monday.


34 posted on 08/17/2018 1:03:48 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: jazusamo

They will find him guilty of something.


35 posted on 08/17/2018 1:06:17 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: jazusamo

Not so good. The individual jurors will receive harassment and threats from lefties over the weekend.


36 posted on 08/17/2018 1:13:10 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: jazusamo

They have 18 separate counts to work through.


37 posted on 08/17/2018 1:18:00 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: apillar

I wouldn’t expect the jury to be hung on all counts. It wouldn’t surprise me if they pulled some kind of compromise maneuver to get a couple of guilty verdicts in while either remaining deadlocked or handing down acquittals on the other charges. But I’m not a lawyer and reserve the right to be completely wrong.


38 posted on 08/17/2018 1:22:51 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Sessions couldn't find his own ass if Al Franken was grabbing it at the time ))))
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To: jazusamo

FOX News and others claim that Manafort is due in a Wash DC court as soon as this trial is concluded. What is the second case about?


39 posted on 08/17/2018 1:23:23 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: alloysteel

“Donald Trump is the real defendant here. Paul Manafort is only the pawn...”

Very true.


40 posted on 08/17/2018 1:23:23 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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