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Paul Manafort guilty: The internet reacts with smirking gless

Former Donald Trump campaign chairman and lover of ugly-but-expensive suits Paul Manafort was found guilty on eight counts on Tuesday, the first verdict in a case stemming from Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. 

According to CNN, the judge declared a mistrial on 10 counts after the jury could not reach a consensus.

Manafort was charged with money laundering and fraud (18 counts in all) related to millions he made from working for the Ukranian government and bank loans. 

The trial had its fair share of fireworks, including plenty of chuckles about the perks of Manafort’s lavish lifestyle. Who can ever forget the infamous $15,000 ostrich jacket that was entered into evidence?

This trial may be over, but Manafort’s not even done; he faces another trial in D.C. in September for “money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent,” the more serious of the two cases. 

But the internet is ready to roast Manafort now and any verdict will do, it seems. 

Now all we have to do is wait a few more weeks and we get to relive this all over again, proving that the Trump administration is one of those nightmares you never wake up from.

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