Manafort Weighing Plea Deal to Avoid New Criminal Trial, Source Says
- Talks said to center on possible admissions, sentencing length
- Ex-Trump campaign chief was convicted in Virginia last month
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Paul Manafort’s lawyers have talked to U.S. prosecutors about a possible guilty plea to avert a second criminal trial set to begin in Washington this month, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, was convicted of bank and tax fraud last month in a Virginia federal court. He’s accused in Washington of financial crimes including conspiring to launder money, as well as acting as an unregistered foreign agent of Ukraine and obstructing justice.