Closing arguments set in Manafort`s financial fraud trial
(WorldNews Business)

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Paul Manafort`s defense rested its case Tuesday without calling any witnesses in the former Trump campaign chairman`s tax evasion and bank fraud trial. Manafort himself chose not to testify. The decision not to call witnesses clears the way for the jury to hear closing arguments in the first trial to emerge from special counsel Robert Mueller`s investigation. Those arguments are scheduled for Wednesday morning. Manafort is accused of hiding millions of dollars in income he received advising Ukrainian politicians. The defense has tried to blame Manafort`s financial mistakes on his former deputy, Rick Gates. Defense attorneys have called Gates a liar, philanderer and...