Manafort weighing plea deal to avoid second trial: Report

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Attorneys for Paul Manafort have discussed a possible guilty plea with federal prosecutors to avoid a second trial scheduled for later this month in Washington, according to a new report.

President Trump’s former campaign chairman was convicted of bank and tax fraud last month in Virginia, stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

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