Jeffrey Yohai, a former business partner of Manafort, was divorced from Manafort’s daughter last August. Legal experts have said that Mueller wants to keep applying pressure on Manafort to plead guilty and assist prosecutors with their investigation. Manafort’s spokesman, Jason Maloni, declined to comment. A spokesman for Brown did not respond to a request for comment and a spokesman for Mueller declined to comment. In addition to co-investing in California real estate, the two cooperated in getting loans for property deals in New York, Manafort’s indictments show.

Source: The Guardian May 17, 2018 22:30 UTC