Paula Duncan, a juror on the Paul Manafort case, appeared on Fox News. She revealed that one juror held out so Manafort was not found guilty on all 18 counts.
"There was one holdout."
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 23, 2018
In an exclusive interview on @foxnewsnight, Paul Manafort juror Paula Duncan said Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team was one holdout juror away from convicting Paul Manafort on all 18 counts of bank and tax fraud. https://t.co/IPeZ46buVL pic.twitter.com/vNMFMBUuiz
The juror’s decision allowed Manafort to narrowly escape an estimated 305 year prison sentence. Raw Story reports that the identities of the jurors was not revealed by the judge but once the trial is complete, jurors are free to discuss the case.
EXCLUSIVE: Manafort juror Paula Duncan, who drove to court every day w/ MAGA hat in car (pic below, w/ her juror notebooks) yet still voted to convict Manafort, tells FOX she spotted Mueller team “CATNAPPING”
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) August 23, 2018
My story w/@JakeBGibson & @LucasFoxNews https://t.co/qrM6DtLtlZ pic.twitter.com/gUc9YdO42s
The tweet above shows a picture of Duncan in a MAGA hat. Despite her support for President Trump, she still voted to convict Manafort. Insider explains that Manafort was ultimately convicted on eight counts.
@CNNTonight Juror PAULA DUNCAN just told Fox Mews She didn’t want to see Manafort Found Guilty. How Bias Is That for a Juror a (Republican) to say she didn’t want to see him Guilty? Now we know wher the Mistrial came in
— Lew Greene (@LouisGreene41) August 23, 2018
The tweet above explains that the judge declared a mistrial on the 10 other charges Manafort faced. NBC reports the prosecutors have until August 29 to determine what they’ll do about the mistrial charges.
Duncan revealed that the other jurors tried to convince the hold out juror but unlike Michael Cohen, she refused to break.
Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti shared the tweet below, comparing Manafort to Michael Cohen:
This is a big deal. The admission by Mr. Davis relating to the wire, if true, results in significant trouble for Mr. Trump. And we are coming for him. https://t.co/apILDbqaEI
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) August 22, 2018
President Trump recently praised Manafort for his bravery and refusal to break. Many believe that the president will pardon Manafort.
I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. “Justice” took a 12 year old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and, unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to “break” – make up stories in order to get a “deal.” Such respect for a brave man!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2018
In the tweet below, the president insults Michael Cohen, calling him a bad lawyer:
If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don’t retain the services of Michael Cohen!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2018
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