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>> even with eight guilty charges paul manafort could spend the rest of his life behind bars. a federal jury found him guilty on eight of 18 charges, 5 counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud, and altogether of a former trump campaign chairman is facing 80 years in prison which would be a life sentence for the 69-year-old. it was a mistrial on those charges after the jury wrote a note saying after exhausting all options we are not able to reach consensus on ten of the counts. manafort st...

Ninth floor as the judge announced and it all unfolded from a late afternoon note from the jury room to the bench where the jury wrote we have reached a verdict but not able to reach consensus on 10 counts. >> mr. manafort is disappointed of not getting acquittals all the way through. he is evaluating all his options at this point. >> president trump commenting on the manafort developments. >> president trump: this has nothing to do what they started out looking for russia involved in our campai...

Attorney was really downcast after this verdict. lets play that tape. >> mr. manafort is disappointed of not getting acquittals all the way through or a complete hung jury on all counts. he is evaluating all of his options at this point. >> now, we should point out that on the hill just now, senator lindsey graham, who was just playing golf with the president in new jersey over the weekend, very close to the president, said that a pardon for paul manafort would not go over well. franklin fuller,...

Special counsel. >> is he hoping for a pardon from president trump? >> not only is he not hoping for, he would not accept a pardon. >> we all knew that this was going to be used as a hush money kind of payment from campaign finances. >> you knew at the time? >> we knew. >> the conviction of paul manafort is another blow to president trump and a boost for special counsel robert mueller. >> mr. manafort is disappointed of not getting acquittals all the way through or a complete hung jury on all co...

Speaking after the verdict, manaforts lead attorney said his client is now evaluating his options. >> mr. manafort is disappointed of not getting acquittals all the way through, or a complete hung jury on all counts. however, he would like to thank judge ellis for granting him a fair trial. thank the jury for their very long and hard-fought deliberations. he is evaluating all of his options at this point. >> barbara mcquade, you were in the courtroom. manafort faces the possibility of seven to n...

The jury in paul manaforts fraud trial found him guilty on eight of the charges he was facing. manafort who briefly served as the chairman of donald trumps presidential campaign was convicted of five counts of tax fraud, one count of failure to file a report of foreign bank and financial accounts and two counts of bank fraud. the judge declared a mistrial on ten of the other charges manafort faced after the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on them. the charges at the center of this trial...

Acquittal, they can render a partial verdict. the prosecution has the choice of whether or not to retry the case on that charge. remember, that happened in one case of john edwards where they had acquittals and one hung on a particular issue with his extramarital affair case and the presidential bid. so you can have that different dynamic at play but i think ultimately if you are the prosecution in this case, you are cautiously optimistic. not having more questions about what is reasonable doubt...

Account and delegation authority and reporting requirements and tax implications and obligations. this suggests to you how nuanced this case is. and they also asked for the government to provide an exhibit list that corresponded to the elements of the case and proves it per exhibit. that tells you the full breadth of the information theyre grappling with. there is some disagreement about the proof. now, having said that, we still dont know, jake, whether the eight of the 18 are convictions. >> r...

Manafort. you never know. it could be either they decide that they found not guilty on the eight counts but given my sense of the strength of the case, and of all the counts, actually, i think its probably bad news chls. i think also not great news for paul manafort because theyre not saying even if the acquittals or finding him not guilty, the fact they havent decided on the others doesnt mean he gets off as you know. it means there could be a new trial on the counts. even if a mistrial is decl...

Places have said that would make them feel bad as a defense attorney seeming like 17 counts they have all agreed and the 18th they havent. that would seem to suggest that maybe theyre finding guilty. but as a former federal prosecutor how do you interpret it if at all? >> you have to be careful of reading the tea leaves too much but its clear the jury had some conundrum of figuring out how to reconcile it. its not just 18 charges but for each 18 charges, theres 4 elements for the government to p...