sued Paul Manafort, who served as former President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign chairman, for just under $3 million for not reporting his financial interest in foreign accounts in a timely fashion.pardoned him in 2020, shortly before leaving office.
"The United States of America brings this action to collect outstanding civil penalties assessed against Defendant Paul J. Manafort for his willful failure to timely report his financial interest in foreign bank accounts," the Justice Department said Thursday in a filing with the U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach, Florida, Reuters reported.MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty ImagesManafort's lawyer, Jeffrey Neiman, characterized the lawsuit as an attempt to embarrass his client.
DURHAM SAYS CIA FOUND DATA ALLEGING TRUMP-RUSSIA CONNECTION NOT 'TECHNICALLY PLAUSIBLE,' WAS 'USER CREATED' "Mr. Manafort was aware the Government was going to file the suit because he has tried for months to resolve this civil matter," Neiman said. "Nonetheless, the Government insisted on filing this suit simply to embarrass Mr. Manafort."
In the 2018 criminal fraud case resulting in conviction, prosecutors had accused Manafort of hiding from U.S. tax authorities the $16 million he earned as a political consultant working for pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine to fund an opulent lifestyle. They also accused him of having lied to banks to secure $20 million in loans after his Ukrainian income dried up. He did not register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act until 2017, years after his Ukraine work.
of course he did
Gotta love a Presidential pardon. Crime sometimes does pay.
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