Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is reportedly considering an agreement with prosecutors that would involve him pleading guilty on some charges in exchange for avoiding a second trial set to begin this month in Washington, D.C.
A source close to Manafort’s negotiations told Bloomberg News that the former Trump associate’s lawyers have discussed the number of charges Manafort may admit to and the length of a sentence to be recommended by prosecutors.
He faces seven separate charges in Washington, D.C., including conspiracy to launder money and failing to register as a foreign lobbyist. Manafort is also accused of acting as an unregistered foreign agent of Ukraine and obstructing justice.
The Washington, D.C., trial follows Manafort’s Virginia trial, which ended last month with his conviction on eight felony counts of tax and bank fraud. The federal jury declared a mistrial on 10 other charges.
Manafort is due to be sentenced on those counts later this year.
One of those counts, failing to report foreign bank accounts, carries a maximum of five years in prison; and he was found guilty on two count of bank fraud, which carry a maximum sentence of 30 years.
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