Throughout the trial, Kathleen Manafort has appeared supportive of her husband, sitting in the front row, right behind him and his team of lawyers on the courtrooms uncomfortable wooden benches. On Thursday, she sat on a green stadium cushion emblazoned with a logo from the 2011 Carnival in Brazil.
Kathleen Manafort's name came up several times in court Thursday. The Citizens Bank official, Melinda James, testified that the couple together had declared a New York City condo a second home on a loan application, even though prosecutors say Paul Manafort also filed tax returns declaring the prope
Banc of California official Gary Seferian said Paul Manafort and Yohai initially sought a $5 million loan, but the amount was reduced after the bank discovered that a Long Island home Paul Manafort listed as one of his assets was titled in Kathleen Manaforts name.
In a memo that was shown to jurors, Seferian suggested that the loan for Yohai would have been more viable had Kathleen Manafort agreed to guarantee it. That didnt happen. It was unclear whether Kathleen Manafort declined to be part of the loan application or whether her husband didnt want to invo
Federal prosecutors would have to prove that Kathleen Manafort both participated and knew that she was submitting false statements to obtain loans, said Barbara McQuade, a former attorney and law professor at the University of Michigan who has watched the trial in the courtroom. For the tax violat
, said prosecutors also likely wanted to focus on Paul Manafort and Gates, his former business partner and now the federal governments star witness. Rossi, who has also been watching the trial in person, described a case against Kathleen Manafort as an incredibly tough sell to a grand jury.
