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Paul ManafortPaul Manafort earned more than $60M for his political consulting work for Ukraine and failed to report a big chunk of that windfall in his tax returns, according to a filing in an Alexandria federal court today made by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Jury selection for the bank and tax fraud trial of Manafort, who was president Trump’s campaign manager, begins tomorrow.
Manafort lawyers have asked the judge to bar 51 exhibits connected to his more than 10-year run in Ukraine, advising its ousted president Vicktor Yanukovych and his Party of Regions and successor Opposition Bloc.
They called the exhibits “irrelevant, prejudicial and unnecessarily time-consuming evidence," according to a report in Bloomberg.
Mueller’s team said the exhibits show precisely what Manafort did in Ukraine. “The documents establish the breadth of the work that Manafort performed, including commissioning TV ads, writing speeches and carrying on campaign-related activities,” according to Mueller’s filing.
Ballard Partners has signed to a represent the US unit of Rheinmetall, Germany’s biggest defense contractor, on Army procurement issues.
BGR Group signs on to provide lobbying and PR services for Terzo, an AI financial intelligence platform. Douglas Lute, chair of BGR’s international and defense practices, will join Terzo’s board of directors.
Avoq has landed Palantir Technologies, the controversial surveillance company founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, as a client.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
