Paul Manafort, then senior aid to Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, attends an event on foreign policy in Washington on Wednesday April 27, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS/Sipa USA)
Attorneys for former Trump aide tell judge their client didn’t violate gag order
NEW YORK (AP)— Paul Manafort won’t face mortgage fraud charges in New York after the state’s highest court declined to revisit lower court decisions that barred prosecuting Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman on double jeopardy grounds. The decision last week from the New York Court of Appeals closes the door on state charges against Manafort less than two months after President Donald Trump pardoned the 71-year-old Manafort in a similar federal case that put him behind bars. Manafort’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, said he was pleased with the Feb. 4 decision. Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance’s office declined to comment.
Paul Manafort arrives in court, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in New York. President Trump’s former campaign manager is to be arraigned on state mortgage fraud charges. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
