Manafort Shakes Up Legal Team Amid New Reports On Federal Investigation

UNITED STATES - JULY 19: Paul Manafort, advisor to Donald Trump, is seen on the floor of the Quicken Loans Arena at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 19, 2016. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll... UNITED STATES - JULY 19: Paul Manafort, advisor to Donald Trump, is seen on the floor of the Quicken Loans Arena at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 19, 2016. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort on Thursday switched up his legal team amid several new reports on the federal investigation into his personal finances.

“Mr. Manafort is in the process of retaining his former counsel, Miller & Chevalier, to represent him in the office of special counsel investigation,” Manafort’s spokesman Jason Maloni said in a statement to Politico. “As of today, WilmerHale no longer represents Mr. Manafort.”

According to Politico, Miller & Chevalier is known for its work specializing in complicated financial crimes.

Manafort was Trump’s campaign chair in the stretch leading up to the 2016 election, and resigned in August 2016 amid scrutiny of his work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine.

The FBI raided Manafort’s home in Alexandria, Virginia, late last month as part of the ongoing federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Politico reported on Wednesday that federal prosecutors approached Jeffrey Yohai, Manafort’s son-in-law, to increase pressure on Manafort. Yohai met with Justice Department investigators more than two months ago, according to a CNN report published late Thursday, and gave them information and documents.

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  1. This has been a tough day to get anything done. The news is just ongoing for hours.

  2. Guess WilmerHale aren’t wartime consiglieres. When going to the mattresses, call in the real criminal lawyers.

  3. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    I’m retired and it’s still hard to get anything done.

  4. Hey, I’ve been tough on the headline writer before, but for once he/she is perspicuous.

    If there’s two words that describe what must have happened to Manafort’s lawyers, it’s
    SHOOK-UP.

    And the prosecutors are just getting WARMED UP.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsktHpH5QGk
  5. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    Looking forward to Friday!

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