Paul Manafort

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Coordination Center of the Russian Government in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The centre was set up as a line of communication with the whole of Russia for analysing and collecting information, promptly using big data and solving arising problems. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

US expels Russian diplomats, imposes sanctions for hacking

By Eric Tucker And Aamer Madhani Apr. 16, 2021 12:22 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

US expels Russian diplomats, imposes sanctions for hacking

By Eric Tucker And Aamer Madhani Apr. 15, 2021 11:58 AM EDT

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks before getting vaccinated at a church in the Harlem section of New York, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

New York Assembly hires top law firm for Cuomo investigation

By Marina Villeneuve And Tom Hays Mar. 17, 2021 11:11 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Jan. 20, 2021 03:10 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 20 The St. Louis Post...

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2019 file photo, Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, leaves the federal court following a status conference in Washington. The arrest of President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon adds to a growing list of Trump associates ensnared in legal trouble. They include the president's former campaign chair, Paul Manafort, whom Bannon replaced, his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, and his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump wishes Biden luck without naming him in farewell video

By Jill Colvin And Jonathan Lemire Jan. 19, 2021 05:03 PM EST

Court won't revive state fraud charges against Manafort

By Michael R. Sisak Oct. 22, 2020 01:55 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — New York judges on Thursday upheld a lower judge's decision to dismiss state mortgage fraud charges against Paul Manafort, who was previously...

President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he walks off after speaking at a campaign rally at Orlando Sanford International Airport, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Sanford, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

How a probe of Trump-Russia ties turned into a GOP rally cry

By Eric Tucker Oct. 13, 2020 12:03 AM EDT

Chinese contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei conducts a silent protest outside the Old Bailey in support of Julian Assange's bid for freedom during his extradition hearing, in London, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Dissident Ai Weiwei protests possible extradition of Assange

By Pan Pylas Sep. 28, 2020 02:33 PM EDT

Bank shares slide on report of rampant money laundering

By The Associated Press Sep. 21, 2020 01:22 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials

By The Associated Press Aug. 10, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
The Journal Times of Racine, Aug. 3 If no in-person schooling, then no school sports Nearly three months ago NCAA...

President Donald Trump looks at a smartphone while sitting aboard Marine One as it lands on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 10, 2020, after a trip to Florida. Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone on Friday, just days before Stone was set to report to prison. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump's defiant help for Stone adds to tumult in Washington

By Jonathan Lemire Jul. 11, 2020 03:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 27, 2019 file photo, Paul Manafort, center, arrives at court in New York. In paperwork made public on Thursday, July 2, 2020, New York prosecutors seeking to revive state mortgage fraud charges against Manafort say their case is distinct from one that sent Trump's former campaign chairman to federal prison and shouldn't have been thrown out on double jeopardy grounds. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NY prosecutors appeal Manafort's double jeopardy dismissal

By Michael R. Sisak Jul. 02, 2020 04:36 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2011, file photo, former Judge Michael Conahan arrives at the federal courthouse in Scranton, Pa. Conahan, a former Pennsylvania judge involved in a scheme to send youths to a for-profit jail in exchange for kickbacks, has been released from federal prison with six years left on his sentence because of coronavirus concerns. Conahan, 68, was sent home from the low-security Federal Correctional Institution in Miami last Friday, June 19, 2020, on a 30-day furlough that could lead to permanent home confinement for the remainder of his sentence. (Mark Moran/The Citizens' Voice via AP, File)

Kids-for-cash judge released from prison over virus concerns

By Michael R. Sisak And Michael Balsamo Jun. 23, 2020 02:00 PM EDT

President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the PREVENTS "President's Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide," task force, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump team seeks 4th debate with Biden, cites voting by mail

By Zeke Miller Jun. 18, 2020 05:42 PM EDT

From left, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, White House Social Media Director Dan Scavino, and President Donald Trump's White House senior adviser Jared Kushner walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, before boarding Marine One with President Donald Trump for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump is traveling to Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for the launch of a rocket ship built by the SpaceX company, putting NASA back in the business of launching astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Facing electoral headwinds, Trump brings back his 2016 team

By Jonathan Lemire Jun. 10, 2020 12:16 AM EDT

Lawmakers question federal prisons' home confinement rules

By Michael Balsamo Jun. 01, 2020 11:50 AM EDT

Roger Stone, center, departs federal court in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. President Donald Trump loyalist and ally, Roger Stone was sentenced to over three years in federal prison, following an extraordinary move by Attorney General William Barr to back off his Justice Department's original sentencing recommendation. The sentence came amid President Donald Trump's unrelenting defense of his longtime confidant that led to a mini-revolt inside the Justice Department and allegations the president interfered in the case. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump ally Stone won't need to go to prison quarantine site

By Michael Balsamo May. 28, 2020 06:15 PM EDT

Michael Cohen arrives at his Manhattan apartment, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in New York. President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer and fixer was released federal prison Thursday and is expected to serve the remainder of his sentence at home. Cohen has been serving a federal prison sentence at FCI Otisville in New York after pleading guilty to numerous charges, including campaign finance fraud and lying to Congress. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from US prison

By Michael Balsamo And Jim Mustian May. 21, 2020 10:35 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2017, file photo, Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves Federal District Court, in Washington. Manafort has been released from federal prison to serve the rest of his sentence in home confinement over concerns about the coronavirus, his lawyer said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Paul Manafort released from prison due to virus concerns

By Michael Balsamo May. 13, 2020 09:00 AM EDT

Lawyer: Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort released from federal prison to home confinement over virus concerns

May. 13, 2020 08:52 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyer: Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort released from federal prison to home confinement over virus concerns. ...