Prosecutors Seek Plea Deal with Manafort's Former Son-in-Law [View all]

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Source: Wall Street Journal

Mr. Mueller accused Mr. Manafort of subsequently defrauding a bank when applying for a mortgage on the property. Although the property was used to generate rental income, Mr. Manafort told the bank that it was a second home for his daughter and Mr. Yohai, so he could get a greater loan amount, for $3.185 million, than he could have otherwise, the indictment says.

The indictment says that on Jan. 26, 2016, Mr. Manafort wrote to his then son-in-law about a visit from an appraiser to the condominium, saying, “[r]emember, he believes that you and” Jessica Manafort “are living there.”

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Hopefully Mueller is using the pressure of extending fraud charges towards Manafort's family members to encourage him to be more cooperative with bigger targets.