President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been found guilty on eight counts of financial crimes, a major victory for special counsel Robert Mueller.
But jurors were unable to reach a verdict on 10 charges, and Judge T.S. Ellis declared a mistrial on those counts.
Manafort was found guilty of five tax fraud charges, one charge of hiding foreign bank accounts and two counts of bank fraud.
He faces a maximum of 80 years in prison.
Trump decries Manafort verdict, says Mueller investigation a 'disgrace'
President Donald Trump praised his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort as a "good man" just hours after he was convicted on eight federal counts of bank and tax fraud.
Trump seized on the guilty verdict to decry Mueller's investigation as a "witch hunt" and a "disgrace," noting that the charges were not related to Russian interference in the 2016 campaign.
"Paul Manafort is a good man. He was with Ronald Reagan. He was with a lot of different people over the years. I feel very sad about that. It doesn't involve me but I still feel -- you know it's a very sad thing that happened," Trump said as he arrived in Charleston, West Virginia, for a rally Tuesday evening.
"You know, this has nothing to do with Russian collusion."
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