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The first trial stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election began today.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is on trial on a number of tax fraud and bank fraud charges.
But the tax evasion and bank fraud charges Manafort faces are not directly related to his work with the Trump campaign from March to August 2016.
They are related to his work consulting a pro-Russia political party in Ukraine, starting in 2006.
The prosecution alleges that Manafort laundered tens of millions of dollars received from that work and hid it from the IRS.
Manafort has pleaded not guilty.
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