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The bank fraud and tax evasion trial for President Trump's former campaign chair Paul Manafort

began Tuesday morning in a federal court in Alexandria, VA.

Mueller's prosecutors and Manafort's legal team both came out swinging with blistering

opening statements.

Paul Manafort's lawyer set the tone early Tuesday morning when he told CBS reporter,

Paula Reid: No deal.

Manafort attorney Kevin Downing tells me "No chance!" his client will cooperate with

Special Counsel in order to avoid trial today.

Mueller's prosecutors skewered Manafort in their opening statement, accusing Manafort

of being a "shrewd" liar and making millions of dollars off of his consulting work in Ukraine

then hiding the money in foreign bank accounts.

CNN reported:

Prosecutors accused former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of being a "shrewd"

liar who orchestrated a global scheme to avoid paying taxes on millions of dollars, in opening

statements that kicked off Manafort's trial on Tuesday.

Manafort lived an "extravagant lifestyle" fueled by millions of dollars in "secret

income" that he earned from his lobbying in Ukraine, said Uzo Asonye, a prosecutor

working on the case with special counsel Robert Mueller's team.

Manafort became wealthy from the "cash spigot" that came from working for his "golden goose

in Ukraine," former President Viktor Yanukovych, Asonye said.

"All of these charges boil down to one simple issue: that Paul Manafort lied," Asonye

said.

"Manafort placed himself and his money over the law."

Manafort's lawyers shot back at Mueller's prosecutors by blaming Manafort's associate

Rick Gates, who previously pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with Mueller.

Manafort's lawyer Zehnle went for it and specifically attacked Rick Gates and called

him "the prosecution's star witness."

"This is the way that they required it to be done," Zehnle said, arguing why oligarchs

paid Manafort through secret foreign accounts.

Prosecutors said Tuesday that Manafort hid 30 foreign bank accounts from US authorities.

Of Manafort's associates, like longtime deputy Rick Gates, Zehnle said, "he trusted

them to speak with one another and make sure things were done right."

Gates pleaded guilty earlier this year to participating in Manafort's alleged financial

conspiracy and is slated to testify against him.

Mueller's hack lawyers are focusing on Manafort's lavish lifestyle.

At one point Judge Ellis scolded Mueller's prosecutor, Asonye, who told jurors that Manafort

owned several homes, acquired real estate in New York and Virginia, bought expensive

cars and watches, and even got a $15,000 jacket "made from an ostrich."

CNN reported.

As he started delivering his opening statement, Asonye earned a near-immediate rebuke from

Judge T.S. Ellis, who told him not to tell jurors that "the evidence will show" that

the allegations against Manafort are true.

During his preliminary instructions to the jury, Ellis reminded told jurors that "you

and you alone are the sole judges to the facts in this case."

12 jurors were selected Tuesday morning.

There are 6 male jurors and 6 female jurors, 8 of whom are white.

Five witnesses were granted immunity by Judge T.S. Ellis last week; their names were subsequently

released to the public.

Manafort faces a maximum of 305 years in prison if he is convicted on all charges.

The Podesta Group, the now defunct lobbying firm ran by John Podesta's brother, Tony

Podesta, was lobbying a pro-Kremlin Ukrainian political front yet was never issued an indictment

from Mueller even though they failed to register as a foreign agent.

Tony Podesta was given immunity in the DC case where Manafort is being charged for failing

to file a FARA form for his Ukrainian lobbying efforts.

This is further proof Manafort is being hunted down like an animal by Mueller purely because

of his association with Donald Trump.

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MUELLER ISSUES MORE SUBPOENAS – THIS IS IT

The number of people being subpoenaed and interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller

is growing by the week.

When Trump associate Roger Stone testified before congress months ago about Trump's

ties to Russia, he was asked to reveal who was his go-between with WikiLeaks founder

Julian Assange.

Stone named his friend, radio host Randy Credico, trying to shift the blame to him.

Credico later released recordings revealing that Stone had threatened him with violence

and even death over the matter.

Fast forward a few months and Ari Melber revealed that Robert Mueller is going to subpoena Credico.

The Palmer Report explains:

"This isn't particularly surprising.

All along, Credico has seemed to hint that he wanted to testify, but that he didn't

want to be seen as a snitch by showing up voluntarily.

So there is every reason to expect that Credico will comply with the subpoena.

The larger question may be why Mueller is doing this now, and not six months ago, or

a month from now."

"Over the past week we've seen Robert Mueller line up key grand jury witnesses against

Roger Stone, including Kristin Davis and Andrew Miller.

It's clear that Mueller is close to completing his case against Stone.

In that context, hauling in Randy Credico can be seen as perhaps the final piece to

the puzzle.

In other words, look for Stone to be arrested soon – and look for Mueller to seek the

extradition of Julian Assange."

It appears that Roger Stone may be the next

Paul Manafort.