Manafort Juror: One Holdout Against Conviction On All Counts

It turns out the case by Robert Mueller's team against felonious Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort was a slam- dunk, except for one contrarian (a red hatter perhaps?):

Paula Duncan, a juror on the Manafort trial, joined Fox News to talk about her experience serving on the jury. Duncan is a fervent Trump supporter, but she appears to have been able to separate herself from her politics in order to do her civic duty on the jury. 

“It was one person who kept the verdict from being guilty on all 18 counts,” Duncan told Fox News. Apparently the evidence was overwhelming enough on the other 8 counts, but there was doubt on for another juror on the other 10.  To be perfectly clear: Duncan was NOT the holdout.

That should send a chill up the spines of Manafort's defense team as they head into trial #2 next month, where the evidence is far greater (and perhaps the judge will keep his Republican finger off the scales).

Trump's Hometown Papers Unload On His Crime Family

Front pages of New York City newspapers  (including Rupert Murdoch's Post) --





Added snark reserved for the New York Times, FTW:

This is practically Hillary's emails level coverage. https://t.co/ANkLBxHgvc

— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 22, 2018

Manafort Found Guilty On 8 Felony Charges

It's a really, REALLY bad day for un- indicted co- conspirator Donald "Rump" Trump:

President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Tuesday was found guilty of eight criminal counts, including five counts of tax fraud. 

Manafort was also found guilty of two counts of bank fraud and one count of failing to file foreign bank account reports.

The judge declared a mistrial on the additional 10 counts after the jury indicated it was deadlocked on those counts.