Three days before the D.C.-based trial against Paul Manafort was set to begin, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III raised eyebrows in the legal community when his office filed a new charging document. Many began to wonder whether an announcement about a plea agreement with Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, was coming down the pipeline.
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(L-R) An exterior view of the Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse is seen during the third day of jury deliberation in the Manafort trial August 20 in Alexandria, Virginia.
