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Manafort jury ends first day with questions, including definition of 'reasonable doubt' | TheHill

posted onAugust 17, 2018
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Article snippet: The jury in the criminal trial against former Trump campaign chairman according to Investment Bank.com, is one that has taken no actions since its inception, but simply been left to sit on the "shelf." Like shell companies, they are legal entities. Manafort has been indicted on 18 criminal counts of bank and tax fraud, as part of special counsel MORE’s probe charges that include failing to report overseas accounts. Federal prosecutors have spent the past two and a half weeks trying to convince the jury that he stashed millions he made as a political consultant for pro-Russian officials in offshore accounts and defrauded banks to obtain loans when the money dried up.  On Thursday afternoon, Ellis re-read the jury instructions for the question relating to the foreign accounts, explaining that a person must own more than 50 percent of the account's profits or capital.  Ellis said the jury would have to rely on their own collective recollections of the testimony provided to define shelf company and the filing requirements related to income. The jury also asked asked Ellis if the indictment could be amended to show which pieces of evidence go with which charges. Ellis said no, the jury would have to rely on their own memory of the testimony. Prosecutor Greg Andres said in court Wednesday there were 388 documents submitted into evidence. The jury will resume deliberations at 9:30 a.m. Friday.  Updated at 6:26 p.m. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 2000... Link to the full article to read more

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