A haggard-looking Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of mortgage fraud, falsifying business records and conspiracy and scheme to defraud in Manhattan court Thursday.
Wearing shackles and white sneakers, the president’s imprisoned ex-campaign chairman shuffled down the hallway outside the courtroom and did not respond to a flurry of questions from reporters. Manafort remained seated as he entered his plea and had to be helped out of his chair when taken out of the courtroom.
Manafort, 70, is already serving a 7½-year prison sentence for misleading the U.S. government about his lucrative foreign lobbying work, hiding millions of dollars from tax authorities and encouraging witnesses to lie on his behalf.
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