Jury signals it needs more time for Manafort verdict
BY LYDIA WHEELER AND MORGAN CHALFANT
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08/17/18 03:16 PM EDT
The jury in the criminal tax and bank fraud trial against one-time Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort signaled in a note to the judge Friday afternoon they are unlikely to reach a verdict before the weekend.
In a note to Judge T.S. Ellis III, the jury said they would like to finish at 5 p.m. because one of the jurors has an event they would like to attend. Ellis said he will bring the jury back in the courtroom at ten minutes to 5 p.m. to ask what time they would like to reconvene on Monday.
The jury deliberations now in their second day started around 9:40 a.m. Friday.
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