Was the prosecution that horrible?
When you have a number of witnesses confessing to serious felonies when there was plenty of proof to convict them, a jury may question why they weren’t prosecuted.
Manafort had a CPA who filed the tax documents and he had every reason to believe she complied with the law. That’s why she was hired. Whether she felt pressure to file false information, or not, is on her and in violation of the law and professional standards.
The defense made all their points during cross-examination. Judge even said the government made a decision to not prosecute over a decade ago. Rosenstien made the decision not to prosecute this case back then.
This case belongs in Tax Court, not in a criminal prosecution.
Manafort had a CPA file the tax returns, and the CEO of the bank personally approved the big loan knowing he likely did not qualify for it. Manafort’s people made have made some untruthful representations in the loan application, but that is not really a crime with the bank is normally required to confirm the information in an application; especially one of that size.
Yeah