Tag: Paul Manafort

Barebones Hunter Biden Indictment Contrasts with Treatment of Manafort

After the Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a guilty plea from Hunter Biden to two misdemeanor counts of tax evasion, some commentators contrasted the DOJ’s treatment of the president’s son with that of former Trump 2016 campaign chair Paul Manafort. Much like Hunter Biden, Manafort, a career campaign operative, had his foreign business dealings scrutinized…


Barebones Hunter Biden Indictment Contrasts With Treatment of Paul Manafort

After the Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a guilty plea from Hunter Biden to two misdemeanor counts of tax evasion, some commentators contrasted the DOJ’s treatment of the president’s son with that of former Trump 2016 campaign chair Paul Manafort. Much like Hunter Biden, Manafort, a career campaign operative, had his foreign business dealings scrutinized…


Durham Prosecutes FBI Informants, While Protecting Their Handlers

Since being named special counsel in October 2020, John Durham has investigated or indicted several unscrupulous anti-Trump informants. But he has spared the FBI agents who handled them, raising suspicions he’s letting investigators off the hook in his waning investigation of misconduct in the Russiagate probe. In recent court filings, Durham has portrayed the G-men…


Durham’s Treatment of Clinton Camp Contrasts with Mueller’s Treatment of Trump Camp

The way special counsel John Durham is treating people associated with the 2016 Clinton campaign while investigating them is far cry from how special counsel Robert Mueller treated people associated with the 2016 Trump campaign while investigating them. After Durham last year indicted lawyer Michael Sussmann for lying to the FBI, court documents revealed that…


New York Ends State Case Against Former Trump Aide Paul Manafort

New York’s highest court has denied the Manhattan district attorney’s effort to charge former President Donald Trump’s one-time campaign manager Paul Manafort in a mortgage fraud case. The New York State Court of Appeals decision, which was handed down last week, upholds a lower court ruling that the state charges brought against Manafort by District…


Ex-Trump Aide Paul Manafort Can’t Be Prosecuted in New York Following Pardon, Court Rules

New York’s top court has ruled that Paul Manafort cannot be prosecuted on a state level for financial crimes similar to the ones pardoned by Trump.


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Dec. 24)

President Trump pardons more people, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and longtime adviser Roger Stone, Trump also indicates an urgent need to appoint a special counsel to examine the election, and Georgia’s secretary of state calls to end ‘no-excuse’ absentee voting because it opens the door to potential illegal voting.


Trump Pardons Roger Stone, Paul Manafort in 26 More Pardons

President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued pardons for another 26 people, among whom are former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and longtime adviser Roger Stone. He also pardoned Charles Kushner, a real estate developer and the father of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The president also commuted part or all of the sentences for three other people. The latest…


Trump Pardons Another 26 People, Including Roger Stone, Paul Manafort

President Donald Trump on Dec. 23 issued pardons for another 26 people, among whom are former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and longtime adviser Roger Stone. He also pardoned Charles Kushner, a real estate developer and the father of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The president also commuted part or all of the sentences for three other people. The…