A juror in Paul Manafort's financial fraud trial says a lone holdout prevented the jury from convicting the onetime Trump campaign chairman on all 18 counts.
The jury on Tuesday found Manafort guilty on eight counts. The judge declared a mistrial on 10 counts the jury was deadlocked on.
Juror Paula Duncan tells Fox News she voted to convict Manafort on all counts. Duncan, who says she's a supporter of President Donald Trump, says jurors tried to persuade the holdout to "look at the paper trail" but the juror insisted there was reasonable doubt.
Meanwhile, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she's "not aware" of conversations about a possible presidential pardon for Paul Manafort.
Trump tweeted Wednesday about his respect for Manafort and called him a "brave man" for choosing to go trial over cooperating with prosecutors. Trump has also called Manafort's situation "sad."
Echoing the president, Sanders says Wednesday that Manafort's case doesn't have anything to do with the president, the president's campaign or the White House.
She says conversations about a pardon for Manafort are "not something that's been up for discussion."
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I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. “Justice” took a 12 year old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and, unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to “break” - make up stories in order to get a “deal.” Such respect for a brave man!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2018
