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Mueller 1, Manafort 0: Trump’s Ex-Campaign Boss Convicted of Fraud, Faces Years in Prison

PARDON ME?

The formerly high-flying Republican operative didn’t go down on all 18 counts, he was convicted on enough to put him behind bars for a long time—and that's before a second trial.

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Paul Manafort, the wheeling-dealing former Trump campaign chairman, was convicted Tuesday of eight fraud-related counts in a case stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

After four days of deliberation, the jury could not reach a verdict on 10 other counts and the judge...

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