The following article by Griffin Connolly was posted on the Roll Call website August 6 2018:
Manafort’s former deputy, Rick Gates, takes the stand
The second week of the tax evasion and bank fraud trial of Paul Manafort kicked off Monday.
The day featured the defense’s cross-examination of Cindy Laporta, the onetime Trump campaign chairman’s former accountant and tax preparer; testimony from a Treasury Department employee who researched whether Manafort had filed reports of foreign bank and financial accounts, or FBARs; and Manafort’s former deputy, Rick Gates.
The high-powered political consultant is facing 18 counts and a maximum 305-year prison sentence if the Eastern Virginia jury finds him guilty.