A Second Paul Manafort Associate Has Turned on Him
Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort has trouble in his own house. According to court documents, one of Manaforts former employees led an FBI agent to a storage locker filled with paperwork on Manaforts businesses and finances. The persons name is redacted from the filings. But hes now at the center of a fight over evidence that could play a significant role in the governments case against Manafort.
People do strange things when confronted with authoritative FBI agents, said Sol Wisenberg, a criminal defense attorney with Nelson Mullins.
This makes the second Manafort associate known to have aided the government in the sprawling investigation into foreign influence in U.S. politics. Rick Gates, Manaforts long-time right hand, began cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Muellers office in February.
Manaforts attorneys revealed the information about the second former employee in an April 6, 2018 court filing. In the filing, Manaforts attorneys asked the federal judge overseeing the prosecution to block documents found in a storage unit in Alexandria, Va. from being used as evidence against him. They argue the employee did not have the authority to let the FBI agent look into the storage unit, and that, therefore, the FBI violated Manaforts Fourth Amendment rights.
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