Manafort trial: Former Trump campaign manger found guilty on eight counts of tax and bank fraud

More from Judge Ellis' words to the jury before sending them back out:

"It is your duty to agree upon a verdict if you can do so" without violating any juror's individual inclinations, Mr Ellis said, as he implored them to try and find a unanimous verdict.

Here is some background on what Judge Ellis said to the jury:

He instructed them with a “Sawyers charge” — more commonly known as an “Allen charge.” 

What is it? It is a supplemental instruction given by the court when a jury has reached an impasse in its deliberations and is has suggested it is unable to reach a consensus on one or more counts.

What must it contain? The judge may instruct the jury to go back and try their deliberations again, but the charge must not coerce a jury, and it must be fair, neutral and balanced. A judge can issue multiple such rulings.

According to court transcripts, this is what the jury's note said.

8/21/18

Your Honor, if we cannot come to a consensus on a

single count, how should we fill in the jury verdict form for

that count?

And what does that mean for the final verdict?

We will need another form, please.

Outside of the Manafort trial, and unrelated, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is due to appear in court amid reports he has agreed a plea deal with prosecutors relating to an investigation by New York prosecutors.

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A federal court jury in Virginia said on Tuesday it had reached a verdict in the trial of US President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, according to a jury note.

After deliberating for four days, however, the jury of six men and six women told the judge it had failed to reach a decision on 10 of the 18 criminal counts Mr Manafort faces in the first trial stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russia's role in the 2016 US election.

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was found guilty on Tuesday of eight of the 18 charges he faced in a case of bank and tax fraud.

The judge in the case declared a mistrial on the 10 other counts. Earlier in the day, the jury had indicated it was unable to reach consensus on all of the counts.

The vice chair of the Senate intelligence committee, Mark Warner, a Democrat who is helping lead the Senate’s Russia investigation, has a statement about Manafort’s conviction:

"This verdict makes it absolutely clear that the Mueller probe is not a ‘witch hunt’ — it is a serious investigation that is rooting out corruption and Russian influence on our political system at the highest levels. The President’s campaign manager was just convicted of serious federal crimes by a jury of his peers, despite the President’s continued attempts to undermine the investigation which has brought Mr. Manafort to justice. Any attempt by the President to pardon Mr. Manafort or interfere in the investigation into his campaign would be a gross abuse of power and require immediate action by Congress."

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew) executive director Noah Bookbinder, a former federal prosecutor, released the following statement on the Paul Manafort verdict:

"The president’s former campaign chairman has just been convicted of very serious crimes. Paul Manafort engaged in corrupt behavior and illicit self-enrichment for years, and it appears he tried to use the Trump campaign as a way to get out of a major financial hole. It remains to be seen how many others in the orbit of the Trump campaign and administration are implicated in corrupt conduct"

After the sentencing, federal judge TS Ellis III praised attorneys both for the government and for Paul Manafort for their “effective and zealous representations.

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