The case was initially dismissed due to its similarity to the federal charges
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office fought Thursday to reinstate the indictment against President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, according to court documents filed in the case.
Manafort had been charged in New York for allegedly conducting a yearlong residential mortgage fraud scheme before the case was dismissed in December due to its similarity to earlier federal charges.
The Manhattan DA’s office argued, according to court filings, that the state’s double jeopardy law contains an exception that would allow the case to proceed.
In the case against Manafort, the district attorney’s filing said the “defendant overlooks the distinct harms that the federal and state offenses were designed to target.”
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