"The prosecution for Paul Manafort's financial fraud trial rested its case today. And this comes after they presented two weeks worth of evidence where they delved into the minutia of his finances as they tried to prove that he concealed offshore bank accounts, millions of dollars in these offshore bank accounts, from the IRS, and then later defrauded several banks whenever he was trying to get millions of dollars more in property loans."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Chad Day, AP Reporter:
"So now this turns the case towards the defense. It's their opportunity now to present any evidence, if they will. Today we did not get any indication from defense attorneys about whether they will call witnesses or present any evidence. If they don't, then we will move pretty quickly towards instructing the jury on the nature of the charges and then moving to closing arguments."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Chad Day, AP Reporter:
"Manafort faces the potential of having to spend the rest of his life in prison with these charges. And this is the first of two trials that he faces this year. And so, looking ahead, we'll see tomorrow to see whether the defense is going to try to make its case. So far, they've signaled that they plan to make this case about Rick Gates, who was Manafort's long-time protégé and someone that they have attempted to paint as a liar, an embezzler and also someone who had an extramarital affair and so can't be trusted. The prosecution has attempted to look at his testimony as that of a co-conspirator and someone who told jurors in his own words that he committed several crimes with Manafort over several years."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Chad Day, AP Reporter:
"The lawyers are still inside here at the federal courthouse because they are taking part in a sealed hearing, about a sealed motion that we don't really know all that much about at this point. This comes after last week where there was an unexpected delay in the trial for several hours about another issue that the judge has not explained. Whenever he addressed the court and said that he was going to close the proceedings he said that this will all come out at the conclusion of the case. But at this point, we are going to just have to wait and see."
The prosecution has rested its bank fraud and tax evasion case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Prosecutors finished presenting their evidence Monday after weeks of sometimes dramatic testimony from two dozen witnesses.
Longtime Manafort deputy Rick Gates said he teamed up with his former boss to commit crimes intended to protect Manafort's finances.
Gates was also forced to admit embezzling a fortune from Manafort and having an extramarital affair.
The government says Manafort hid at least $16 million in income from the IRS between 2010 and 2014 by disguising income he earned advising politicians in Ukraine as loans and hiding it in foreign banks.
Defense lawyers say Gates is a liar trying to avoid jail time under his plea deal.
Manafort's lawyers have not yet said whether they will call any witnesses or present other evidence in the case.
They will have to disclose that information Tuesday as the case reaches its final stages.
The trial is the first to emerge from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, but it does not relate to any allegations of Russian election interference or possible coordination with the Trump campaign.
Neither Manafort nor Gates have been charged in connection with their Trump campaign work.
The judge in Manafort's trial closed the courtroom from the public near the end of the day, while he heard argument on a sealed motion filed by the former Trump campaign chairman.
U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III says the proceedings and the motion will be kept secret until after Manafort's case concludes.
The hearing comes after the judge delayed Manafort's trial for hours last Friday without explanation.
The judge left the courtroom that day, walking toward the jury room.
He later admonished jurors repeatedly to not discuss the case.
