Federal prosecutors began their arguments in the trial of Paul Manafort on July 31, alleging that he opened more than 30 bank accounts in three foreign countries to “receive and hide” his income from Ukraine.
Manafort, a former campaign chairman for President Donald Trump, is charged with a range of crimes that are unrelated to Trump’s presidential campaign. The high-profile trial is the first to arise out of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. Earlier in the day, prosecutors and defense attorneys selected a 12-member jury to weigh Manafort’s fate.
