Ex-Trump Aide Manafort's Defense Rests, Case Headed to Jury

Defense attorneys for Paul Manafort rested their case on Tuesday without calling any witnesses or having the former Trump campaign chairman testify in the trial where he is accused of bank and tax fraud. At the same time, the judge overseeing the trial rejected Manafort's motion to throw out the 18 charges against him. Manafort, who has watched silently as the case against him was argued in federal court, was asked by Judge T.S. Ellis whether he wanted to testify in his own...

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