Today, March 13, prosecutors in new York filed 16 new charges, the former campaign Manager of President Donald trump 69-year-old Floor of Manafort just a few minutes after the verdict in the Federal case.
Charges against Manafort presented by the district attorney of Manhattan Cyrus Vance Jr., mortgage fraud, collusion and falsification of business documents.
«No one is above the law in new York,» said Vance. The alleged actions of Manafort «strike at the heart of the sovereign interests of new York, including the integrity of our mortgage market,» added the Prosecutor.
«I thank our prosecutors for a thorough investigation, which led to serious criminal charges for which the defendant was not brought to justice,» stressed Vance.
The indictment became known less than an hour after Manafort was sentenced by a Federal judge in Washington state to an additional 43 months in prison on charges of conspiracy made by the special Prosecutor Robert Mueller. In another case initiated by Muller, a Federal judge in Virginia last week sentenced the former head of the headquarters of the trump is almost four years behind bars for tax and Bank fraud. In total Manufactu face 7 and a half years in prison.
Trump has the right to pardon Manafort on the Federal charges, but the President will not be able to intervene if he’ll be charged at the regular charges. 11 March, the press Secretary of the White house Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that the President decides to pardon Manafort, when he’s ready. Recall Manafort pleaded guilty.
