The following article by Griffin Connolly was posted on the Roll Call website August 1, 2018:
President swings at a straw man and prosecutors mull shelving ‘star witness’ Rick Gates
Day Two of the tax evasion and bank fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manifort is in the books.
The day featured testimony from five witnesses — including Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign chief — and dozens of pages of evidence on Manafort’s lavish lifestyle.
The high-powered political consultant is facing 18 counts and a maximum 305-year prison sentence if the Eastern Virginia jury finds him guilty.