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.
I haven’t even bothered to look at the second case, I did see something about Mueller having 3 times the evidence for the upcoming case.
Failing to register as a foreign agent (BS charge) and money laundering (potentially warranted and serious).
The Judge should seqeuster the jury in a hotel until the end of the trial. No TV, just free ppv movies.
From Politico...
“Most notably, the longtime GOP operative still faces a second federal trial slated to begin in mid-September in Washington. That case accuses Manafort of money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent while lobbying for the government of Ukraine”
“And our fedgov needs to bring charges against CNN for trying to destroy the jury system”
I agree with you, but that would be an impossible case to win.
I am seriously praying the jury acquits Paul Manafort on all counts.
I so want to see Mueller handed a total defeat.
These questions were all answered during the trial. They're lost in a pool of ignorance.
Me too, my FRiend.
This farce is unbelievable, more so because it’s been allowed to get this far.
A Manafort aquital is devestating to Dems.
It destroys Mueller and thus a central campaign issue for them going into midterms.
My guess is they have a couple of Democrat ass clowns on the jury that are ignoring everything and desperately holding out for a conviction to “get Trump”.
Yep, no doubt !
A hung jury is one that produces no verdict?
Yep, I truly believe that.
If just one member is a trump fan, has balls and understands jury nullification, and the rest want to convict, it will be hung.
And if that one juror were really smart, they would keep their mouth shut.
In this day and age, a juror that was not aware of what was truly happening would be too simple to be worthy of having on a jury. We bring our knowledge with us and can not help but listen to a case in that perspective.
CNN is present in the jury in the form of viewers, lol
They will find him guilty of something.
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Absolutely. There are too many charges not to find him G of something. That’s what the feds too to plump up their conviction rate/chances.
Or they could reconvene tomorrow. A judge has tremendous power.
You're probably right. In these cases I wonder what a "jury of your peers" should really mean.
I pray for an acquittal on all counts. Shut Mueller down.
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