$ 15 000 ostrich leather jacket: prosecutors told about the luxurious life of Paul Manafort

In court in the US state of Virginia, the prosecution 1 of August continued to describe the luxurious lifestyle led by Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager of Donald Trump and the former political consultant of the ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. Prosecutors called witnesses who described Paul Manafort's expenses.

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Luxury men's clothing retailer Maximilian Katzman said Manafort spent $2010 on clothing between 2014 and 929. In 000 alone, according to prosecutors, Manafort’s clothing expenses amounted to more than $2013, writes “Radio Liberty«.

Another witness, Doug DeLuca, said that Manafort hired him as a landscape designer to build, among other things, a pergola for his daughter’s home—a stacked structure of repeating sections of arches connected by cross beams to protect the passage from the scorching sun. The cost of Manafort's daughter's house itself is, according to the prosecution, $1,9 million.

Other witnesses who were called by prosecutors told about the way of life of Manafort.

The testimony released by 1 in August completes the preliminary data on buying watches for 21 000 dollars and a jacket made from ostrich leather for 15 000 dollars released by 31 July.

It is worth noting that at one time, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, and later the cursory president, Viktor Yanukovych, also loved ostrich leather products. So, in 2007, he appeared in black ostrich leather shoes at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. The cost of such shoes reaches $ 1 285.

Prosecutors also said that many of their transactions Manafort conducted from accounts opened in Cyprus. This scheme, according to the prosecution, was used to conceal millions of dollars in revenues from Manafort’s lobbying work in Ukraine.

American prosecutors at the beginning of the trial said they considered Manafort a tax fraud. In turn, the lawyer of Manafort, Thomas Zenle, called the 69-year-old political consultant a successful political consultant who worked for 40 years. According to counsel, Manafort gave the question of the conduct of his financial operations to his former colleague Rick Gates, and he betrayed Manafort.

The process, which takes place in Virginia, will be the first judicial investigation against Manafort. The second is due to start in September in the metropolitan District of Columbia, the main focus of this process will be on political issues. In June, 2016 Manafort was present at a meeting of functionaries from Trump's entourage and Russian citizens who allegedly had at their disposal compromising materials regarding the US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Special Prosecutor Robert Muller and his team for 14 months have been investigating possible Kremlin interference in US elections.

Recall, Ukrainian politicians often use the services of American lobbyists, read the details of such deals in our material “Poroshenko, Yanukovych, Tymoshenko: how much do Ukrainian politicians pay American lobbyists".

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