![]() Rabin worked with Manafort, Rick Gates, Konstantin Kilimnik and Tad Devine on elections in Ukraine. ![]() Two witnesses testified Wednesday morning - FBI agent Matthew Mukuska, who participated in the FBI raid on Manafort's home, and Daniel Rabin, a Democratic political consultant, and partner at Rabin Strasberg Media. He verified various wire transfers applied to Manafort's account came from companies whose accounts were based in Cyprus. The second witness, Ronald Wall, was the CFO of the ultra-luxury men's clothing store House of Bijan. ![]() Of the company's 40 clients, Katzman testified that Manafort was the "only client who paid in wire transfer." He also testified that he contacted Rick Gates by email when he could not reach Manafort for payments. He verified various wire transfers from various companies that had been applied to Manafort's account. The first witness, Maximillian Katzman is a 29-year-old who worked for his father's men's clothing company, Alan Couture, from 2010-2017. The government called two witnesses from the New York world of high fashion. Daniel Opsut, the comptroller of the Mercedes Benz of Alexandria, Virginia, verified promissory notes and wire transfers originating in Nicosia, Cyprus, that had been applied on behalf of Manafort's wife, Kathleen Manafort. On Wednesday afternoon, the government sought to establish that Manafort was paying for his family's extravagant lifestyle with wire transfers from Cyprus, a tax haven where Manafort is alleged to have had bank accounts while he was working in Ukraine. Cyprus accounts used for homes, contracting, expensive clothing He said that the case that Manafort associated with despicable people and "therefore is despicable" would not be the case that was tried in his court. The case, Ellis told the prosecution, is about whether or not Paul Manafort defrauded banks or underreported his income for tax purposes. While the prosecution tried to defend its use of the word, Ellis asked them to submit a brief. Ellis offered "financiers" as a replacement. And "principals of middle schools are oligarchs in that sense," he said. Ellis III opened the second day of Paul Manafort's fraud trial by asking the prosecution to use another word for "oligarch." Ellis read aloud the definition of the word and opined that George Soros or David Koch could be considered oligarchs in the U.S.
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