#ManafortTrial

[brightandprosperousfuture]

The jury is in! #Manafort is guilty on 8 charges! Mueller's investigation is not a witch hunt. #PaulManafort #VerdictWatch #MuellerInvestigation #TrumpRussiaCollusion #Guilty #ManafortTrial https://www.instagram.com/p/BmwVyzQl-oj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3fk7jg2zxr3g

[seriouslysnofie]

Mommie told me something very important happens in this building all the time. And right now there’s a really big something important happening! There’s all kinds of weird trucks that have huge water bowls on top of them parked out in front it this building, too! I can’t believe we live just a block or so away from it!! We go by there all the time and you’d never know how important it is! Oh!! We also found Wilson in one of the weird trucks!! Looks like he still may be a castaway though! BOL!!! #ManafortTrial #USFederalCourt #Wilson #WaitIsMommieRelatedToWilson #Castaway #seriouslysnofie @loraj0126 (at Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse)

[equusspirit]

What a piece of work! He thinks he is better than the rest of us simply because he can talk people out of money. No wonder Trump wanted to use him-he is just like him-he’s a con man. Just one that got caught with his hands in a very big cookie jar. 

[milesdemos667]

Bernie's Old Manager Tad Devine Called As Witness In Manafort Trial.

Bernie’s Old Manager Tad Devine Called As Witness In Manafort Trial.

One of the chief strategists of Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, Tad Devine, has finally gotten a phone call from Robert Mueller.

He has been listed as one of 35 witnesses who will be called to the stand in the upcoming trial of Paul Manafort to provide information about their lobbying activities in Ukraine, where he was Manafort’s right-hand man for many years.

The Devine-Mueller…

[freddiespencerchapman]

I have seen some cold stares in my life but watching Paul Manafort stare down his former deputy, arms crossed, as Rick Gates recounted the long list of his alleged crimes was remarkable. #ManafortTrial

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto)

August 6, 2018

[immigrationnewsdigest]

3/8/2019- Manafort Sentencing #PaulManafort #PaulManafortSentencing #47months #ManafortTrial #ManafortSentencing #ManafortSentence #JudgeEllis #JudgeTSEllis https://t.co/xA5fjkUbOj pic.twitter.com/SY2IAkcOlD

— Clay Bennett (@BennettCartoons) March 8, 2019

[carocat]

(via Cassie Semyon on Twitter: "Yes, it is me, the journalist in the blue dress, running after the #ManafortTrial verdict. Thank you @Jacquelyn_M for the photo! #GoBlueDressGo… https://t.co/1pyNt2IuUo")

[breyeschow]

Tweeted

In other news, in addition to #ManafortTrial and #CohenPleaDeal . . . US Rep Duncan Hunter, wife indicted on corruption charges https://t.co/iLiuTpznIj

— Bruce Reyes-Chow (@breyeschow) August 22, 2018

[instapicsil1]

President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was found guilty on eight counts of tax and bank fraud in the case brought forth by special counsel Robert Mueller. Manafort could face a maximum of 80 years in prison. He was found guilty on five counts of tax fraud, one charge of hiding foreign bank accounts and two charges of bank fraud. The judge declared a mistrial for the other 10 counts in his case. 📸Tom Williams/AP #PaulManafort #politics #cnn #manaforttrial #news #cnnpolitics https://ift.tt/2OSXJ7C

[fusion0589]

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[vlemx]

Tweeted

#ManafortTrial According to Special Counsel: "The court’s chambers has notified that the jury has a submitted a note to the court."

— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) August 21, 2018

[daveyone]

#ManafortTrial Latest: US Marshalls Protect: Judge T.S. Ellis after he has said he’s received threat s and has denied media requests to disclose jurors names and addresses: As he dismisses the jury on Friday t o return for further deliberations at 9:30 a.m. ET Monday #AceNewsDesk reports

#ManafortTrial Latest: US Marshalls Protect: Judge T.S. Ellis after he has said he’s received threat s and has denied media requests to disclose jurors names and addresses: As he dismisses the jury on Friday t o return for further deliberations at 9:30 a.m. ET Monday #AceNewsDesk reports

[suitedgladiators]

ABAJournal

Jurors in #ManafortTrial ask judge for new definition of reasonable doubt; Manafort lawyer says question is “a good sign." https://t.co/FD9n9PEdzk via @ABAJournal pic.twitter.com/fYHs7pWDNh

— ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) August 17, 2018

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[immigrationnewsdigest]

Please share my #PaulManafort cartoon. Thanks! #Manafort #ManafortPleaDeal #ManafortTrial #ManafortFlips #singlikeabird #trumpmanafort @laloalcaraz @MaggieJordanACN @reddroostermann @co_rapunzel4 pic.twitter.com/2tjb1QsHTP

— Ed Hall (@halltoons) September 14, 2018

[tribunamag]

Tweeted

via @CNN #ManafortTrial https://t.co/ahy6vik9hz

— Tribuna Magazine 🇨🇷🌎 (@RealTribunaMag) August 8, 2018

[alamante]

On Tuesday, while Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was on trial for tax and bank fraud, prosecutors revealed a number of details about his lavish spending habits. In an attempt to prove their argument, the financial details of Manafort’s very expensive wardrobe were put on display.

One particularly opulent item caught the attention of people online: a $15,000 bomber jacket made of ostrich leather. 

Now, what exactly does this $15,000 ostrich leather jacket look like? 

CNN correspondent Kara Scannell tweeted an image of the garment ― a bomber jacket with the distinctive dotted, slightly bumpy texture associated with ostrich leather ― which was purchased from Alan Couture in New York City. 

Behold. The $15,000 ostrich coat Manafort bought with an international wire transfer, according to a men’s clothier who testified today. Government exhibit pic.twitter.com/BjuQ39ZeJ0

— Kara Scannell (@KaraScannell) August 1, 2018

People, please. Be reasonable. Who amongst us who hasn’t laundered money from America’s sworn enemies to buy a jacket “made of an ostrich”? #ManafortTrial

— Alt. U.S. Press Sec. (@AltUSPressSec) July 31, 2018

I think I figured out why manafort owned an ostrich jacket. It is is something you need in order to work for trump – it allows you to stick your head in the sand.

— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) August 1, 2018

The garment was just one of many items ― mainly suits, sport coats, a $9,500 ostrich vest and an $18,500 python blazer ― Manafort purchased from Alan Couture. Between 2010 and 2014 he spent almost $1 million at the shop, USA Today reported.

But back to the jacket, which again, cost $15,000. For some context, that’s more than the 2017 poverty-level income for a single-person household in the U.S. (with the exception of Alaska). 

However, according to one ostrich leather expert appropriately named Henry Slaughter, $15,000 is kind of a steal. 

Slaughter, owner of Ostrich Alligator Market in Melbourne, Florida, told The Guardian, “An ostrich jacket, if it’s custom-made? Fifteen thousand dollars is pretty cheap.” The Washington Post, though, pointed out that $15,000 seems to be in line with other ostrich leather jackets ― though not necessarily custom-made ― available on sites like eBay and Amazon. 

Slaughter also told The Guardian that ostrich, python and alligator are considered “exotic skins.” Compared to pigskin and cowhide, the exotic leathers come at a premium price, Slaughter said.

On its website, the American Wildlife Foundation notes that the practice of ostrich farming dates back to the 18th century. At one point, according to AWF, “ostrich feathers were so popular in ladies’ fashion that the ostrich disappeared from all of North Africa.” 

In 2016, PETA published a video exposing the slaughter methods used to obtain ostrich skin for luxury fashion use. On Wednesday, the organization also responded to the news of Manafort’s jacket, saying in a statement on Twitter that it “was likely made from numerous juvenile ostriches whose throats were slit and whose feathers were plucked out.” 

Beyond Manafort’s Alan Couture jacket, ostrich leather is quite common in the luxury fashion world, with luxury labels including (but not limited to) Gucci, Prada, Hermés and Bottega Veneta using it for expensive handbags and accessories.  

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