ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Jurors in the financial fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort are set to begin their deliberations.
After closing arguments wrapped up Wednesday afternoon, U.S. District Judge T. S. Ellis lll spent an hour and a half giving his instructions to the jury and then told them they will begin deliberating Thursday morning.
The judge’s instructions included telling jurors that they are not to consider whether the Department of Justice had any motive in prosecuting Manafort.
Manafort faces charges of filing false tax returns, failing to report foreign bank accounts and bank fraud.
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