[1Old Pro]

It is so difficult to understand how a man trusted to work with Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Bob Dole, and especially by our current POTUS would not know to file proper taxes and steer clear of bank fraud.

Not really, tax law is voluminous and complicated and not always "settled".

[edie1960]

You make a salient point.

I was merely taken aback after Manafort’s legal team expressed such confidence in beating the charges.

I gather that a woman who served on the jury, who was/is a Trump supporter and who spoke with Fox News, reported that save for another woman’s reasonable doubt, Manafort would have been convicted on all 18 counts.