What were the crimes Manafort was convicted of in his first trial?
Tax and bank fraud
Obstruction of Justice
Money Laundering
Illegal lobbying
Answer
Manafort was convicted of eight counts of bank fraud and five counts of tax fraud in the first trial, in which he was accused of hiding tens of millions of dollars in income from the IRS and inflating his income to obtain loans. He was acquitted of three other charges, including conspiracy to defraud the United States.
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