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Article snippet: It’s up to the jury now. After nearly three weeks of testimony, the prosecution and defense have rested in the tax evasion and bank fraud case against one-time Trump campaign chairman MORE. The 12-member jury, which will begin deliberations on Thursday, must sort through the evidence and decide beyond a reasonable doubt if Manafort should be convicted. Manafort is facing a total of 18 criminal counts — five counts of tax fraud, four counts of failing to report foreign bank and financial accounts and nine counts of bank fraud and bank fraud conspiracy. Experts say prosecutors often bring the most charges possible in order to at least secure a conviction on some of the charges. “I call it the spaghetti theory,” said Gene Rossi, a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, where Manafort’s case is being tried. “Each strand is a count and you throw it against the wall in the hope one sticks.” There are also cases where the evidence is so overwhelming and the area of crime is so vast, it’s impossible to bring only a few charges, said Rossi, who argued 110 federal trials in his career. Manafort faces up to 10 years in prison for tax fraud alone, prosecutors said in a February court filing. He faces a maximum 20 years in prison — five years for each of the four counts — on the charges of failing to report foreign bank and financial accounts. Prosecutors argued in court that Manafort opened more than 30 overseas accounts to avoid paying taxes on ... Link to the full article to read more