Paul Manafort (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)The man accused of conspiracy and avoiding taxes was well known to expensive suitmakers. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, weathering accusations of tax and bank fraud, conspiracy against the United States, obstruction of justice and other charges, probably did not want to be compared to Capone. [Paul Manafort trial: Executive at ‘most expensive store’ testifies that Manafort paid for suits via wire transfers]But on Wednesday, President Trump went there, and evoked Capone to suggest that Manafort has received historically harsh treatment from prosecutors. The prosecution strategy to focus on extravagant spending appears similar to the Capone tax case, Eig said. But defiantly cheating the tax man as working stiffs toiled for their salaries in 1931, while the Great Depression gripped the country?

Source: Washington Post August 01, 2018 21:59 UTC