Third day of jury deliberations underway in Manafort trial

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The 12-member jury in Paul Manafort’s bank and tax fraud trial began deliberations for the third day Monday as the trial stretches into its fourth week.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III convened the jury around 9:30 a.m., when a court employee called the roll for the six men and six women. He also asked them once again whether they had refrained from discussing or researching the case — a task that may have been made more difficult given President Trump’s comments about his former campaign chairman Friday.