A Rockefeller heir, an Eisenhower, an array of Republican lawmakers — the accused Russian agent sought powerful connections outside the gun-rights group.
The Supreme Court nominee, despite his own doubts, left his Washington law firm to rejoin the investigation into President Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky.
The testimony of Cynthia Laporta, a Virginia accountant, brought to life the financial machinations that prosecutors have been sketching out since Mr. Manafort’s trial on bank and tax fraud opened.
Prosecutors in Mr. Manafort’s bank and tax fraud trial say he was desperate for money. Why, then, did he volunteer to work unpaid in a top post in the Trump campaign?
Nowhere were these differences more jarring than in the response to concerns that the Russian government is plotting to interfere in the midterm elections.
President Trump said his campaign rallies drew larger crowds than concerts for Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Bruce Springsteen. That was one of 15 inaccurate claims he made.
The leaders of the national security agencies promised to help state and local governments counter what they called Russia’s efforts to influence the elections.
The special counsel has agreed to accept some answers in writing, but the president’s lawyers believe that answering any questions could put him in legal jeopardy.
The judge in the trial restricted prosecutors from displaying pictures of Mr. Manafort’s expensive suits and from describing his new pool house at his summer home.