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Alan Dershowitz: Manafort plea a ‘big win’ for Mueller

By Caitlin Yilek
Published September 15, 2018 1:31am ET
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Alan Dershowitz: Manafort plea a ‘big win’ for Mueller
FILE - This April 11, 2011 file photo shows attorney Alan Dershowitz at a hotel in Kiev, Ukraine, where he was preparing to defend former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, who was accused in the murder of an investigative journalist more than 10 years ago. The papers of the prominent lawyer and author are now available to researchers at Dershowitz's alma mater, Brooklyn College. Dershowitz donated his papers to Brooklyn College rather than Harvard, where he is a professor. | (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov, File)

Alan Dershowitz, a defender of President Trump amid the Russia investigation, called Paul Manafort’s guilty plea Friday a “big win” for special counsel Robert Mueller.

Trump’s former campaign chairman pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit several offenses against the United States and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. Manafort had faced seven charges related to his work lobbying on behalf of Ukraine.

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