By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
The jury in the Paul Manafort fraud trial began its fourth day of deliberations Tuesday morning after failing to reach a verdict Monday evening.
The jury deliberated until 6:15 p.m. Monday, which is the latest it had gone home for the day.
Manafort’s attorneys suggested the jury’s failure to reach a verdict after three days of deliberations is good news.
But experts largely disagreed, saying it’s not unusual for a jury to take days – even more than a week — to reach a verdict in a case as complex as the one against Manafort, who is charged with 18 counts, ranging from tax fraud to tax fraud.
Defense attorneys’ suggestion that “the length of the deliberations is a good sign for them is pure spin,” Michael Bromwich, a former Justice Department inspector general, told Vox. “Indeed, quick verdicts in complex cases are frequently for the defendant.”
Check back with Ticklethewire.com for updates on the deliberations.
