*****BREAKING***** Manafort indicted by Manhattan Grand jury

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29. NBC: Paul Manafort indicted on fraud charges by Manhattan prosecutors

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/paul-manafort-indicted-manhattan-district-attorney-n982826

Paul Manafort indicted on fraud charges by Manhattan prosecutors
Manafort was indicted on 16 counts tied to residential mortgage fraud and conspiracy, the indictment says.

March 13, 2019, 11:47 AM CDT / Updated March 13, 2019, 2:27 PM CDT

By Tom Winter and Rich Schapiro
Paul Manafort has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in connection with a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme, according to court documents obtained by NBC News.

Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, was indicted on 16 counts tied to residential mortgage fraud and conspiracy, according to the indictment unsealed Wednesday.

The 69-year-old longtime GOP operative is accused of falsifying business records to illegally obtain millions of dollars as part of the yearlong mortgage fraud scam. If convicted on the top count, Manafort faces a prison sentence of 8 to 25 years, a senior law enforcement official told NBC News.

“No one is beyond the law in New York,” Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said in a statement.

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Trump has the power to pardon Manafort on federal charges, but the president would have no authority to intervene in the event of a conviction on state charges.