The following article by Lydia Wheeler was posted on the Hill website August 14, 2018:
Attorneys for one-time Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort rested their case Tuesday without calling any witnesses or presenting any further evidence to defend their client, who faces charges of tax evasion and bank fraud that could land him in prison for decades.
Manafort briefly spoke in the courtroom without the jury present, saying he did not wish to testify on his own behalf.
It’s the first time Manafort has been heard in the trial, which is in its third week.