Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has pleaded not guilty to state fraud charges in New York.
Manafort, a key figure in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, entered his plea during an arraignment Thursday in Manhattan, according to multiple reports.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance announced the indictment on March 13 — the same day that Manafort was sentenced in Washington, D.C., to the second of two prison terms for crimes uncovered in the course of Mueller’s investigation.
View the complete June 27 article by Morgan Chalfant on The Hill website here.