It is now Manafort`s chance to make his case to the jury
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Politics It is now Manafort`s chance to make his case to the jury Paul Manafort`s lawyers, from left: Kevin Downing, Richard Westling and Thomas Zehnle. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) Now that prosecutors have finished presenting evidence against Paul Manafort, lawyers for President Trump’s former campaign chairman can start outlining his defense on Tuesday as the high-profile trial moves into a crucial phase. Defense lawyers asked U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III to dismiss the charges shortly after prosecutors rested their case Monday, saying the government had failed to show that Manafort willfully broke the law, a key legal benchmark. Advertisement The judge probably will...