Trial began this week in Virginia for Paul Manafort, the onetime chairman of the 2016 Trump presidential campaign who has been charged with a variety of crimes unrelated to the campaign. Manafort’s current trial involves charges of bank fraud, money laundering, lobbying disclosure violations, and obstruction of justice, with the alleged offenses largely stemming from lucrative political consulting work Manafort performed in Ukraine. Prosecutors say that Manafort hid his overseas income to avoid taxes, and then committed bank fraud to obtain loans when the income stream dried up. Manafort is scheduled to face trial on other charges in September. Keep reading for more news. Settlement. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that the city “is on the verge of paying a settlement to the unarmed black pedestrian who was beaten, shocked and choked by a white officer after being accused of jaywalking last August.” As the News Roundup has noted, the incident giving rise to the potential settlement involved former officer Christopher Hickman violently detaining Johnnie Rush. Details of the settlement have not yet been made public. Judge Candidate Surveys. The Greensboro News & Record recently published surveys from candidates running to fill seats on the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the election this fall. The surveys allow candidates to provide information about their backgrounds and answer questions about their qualifications for the judgeships. All of the surveys are available here under the “Law” category. Parkland March. The Greensboro News & Record reports that students from Parkland, Florida, the site of one [...]
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