NEW YORK — Lawyers for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort filed court papers seeking the dismissal of his New York mortgage fraud case, arguing that the charges brought in the wake of his federal convictions amount to double jeopardy.
The state-level indictment was widely seen as a way to keep Manafort, who is serving a 7½-year prison sentence, locked up even if President Donald Trump were to pardon him for his federal crimes. The president can pardon federal crimes, but not state offenses. The Manhattan district attorney's office declined to comment, saying it would respond in a court filing by an Oct. 9 deadline.Manafort was convicted in federal court of misleading the U.S. government about his foreign lobbying work, hiding millions of dollars from tax authorities and encouraging witnesses to lie for him.
Paperwork filed by New York prosecutors cited admissions Manafort made last year during his federal trial in Washington regarding misrepresentations in mortgage applications for properties in Manhattan and Brooklyn and on Long Island.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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