保羅·馬納福特

保羅·馬納福特(英語:Paul John Manafort Jr.,1949年4月1日)是一名美国前说客政治顧問英语Political consulting、前律师。[1]馬納福特长期擔任共和党竞选顾问,並于2016年6月至2016年8月担任特朗普总统竞选团队負責人。他于2018年因涉嫌税收和银行欺诈被定罪,并于2019年1月被没收了律師执业许可证。[2][3]

Paul Manafort
出生Paul John Manafort Jr.
(1949-04-01) 1949年4月1日75歲)
美國康涅狄格州新不列颠
母校乔治城大学 (理學士, 法律博士)
政党共和黨
配偶Kathleen Bond1978年结婚)
儿女2

马纳福特曾担任共和党人杰拉德·福特罗纳德·里根乔治·HW·布什鲍勃·多尔在美国总统竞选期间的顾问。 1980年,他与羅傑·斯通小查爾斯·R·布萊克英语Charles R. Black Jr.[4][5][6]共同在华盛顿特区创立了一家游说公司Black, Manafort & Stone。该公司後來聘用了彼得·G·凱利英语Peter G. Kelly,并在1984年更名为Black,Manafort,Stone和Kelly英语Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly[7]:124马纳福特经常代表外国领导人游说,如前乌克兰总统维克托·亚努科维奇、前菲律宾獨裁者马科斯、前者扎伊尔獨裁者蒙博托·塞塞·塞科安哥拉游击队领袖萨文比[8][9][10]替外国政府遊說需要根据《外国代理人注册法》司法部注册外國代理人;他于2017年6月27日通過追溯遊說歷史注册为外国代理人。[11][12][13][14]

2017年10月27日,马纳福特和他的商业伙伴里奇·蓋茨英语Rick Gates (political consultant)因在2014年乌克兰亲欧盟示威运动前替乌克兰的亲俄罗斯維克多·費奧多羅維奇·亞努科維奇政府做咨询工作而被哥伦比亚特区美国地方法院起诉。[15]起诉书是应罗伯特·穆勒特别顾问调查的要求而提出的。[16][17]2018年6月,檢察官又对马纳福特提起了另外的指控,指称其在被软禁期间妨碍司法公正和干擾证人[18][19]

马纳福特在两个联邦法院被起诉。2018年8月,他在弗吉尼亚州东区受审, 并因八项税收和银行欺诈罪被定罪英语Trials of Paul Manafort[20][21][22]哥伦比亚特区地方法院,马纳福特承认两项串謀反美英语Conspiracy against the United States干擾證人英语Witness tampering的指控,[23]同时同意与检察官合作。2018年11月26日,罗伯特·穆勒报告称,马纳福特曾反复向调查人员撒谎違反認罪協商。 2019年2月13日,华盛顿特区地方法院法官艾米·伯曼·杰克逊認定認罪協商无效。[24][25][26]2019年3月7日,T·S·艾利斯三世英语T. S. Ellis III法官判处马纳福特监禁47个月。[27][28][29]2019年3月13日,艾米·伯曼·傑克遜法官判处马纳福特额外43个月监禁。[30][31]宣判后数分钟,纽约州检察官指控马纳福特犯有16项違反州法律的重罪。[32]2019年12月18日,紐約州对他的指控被驳回。[33][34][35]2020年12月23日,美國總統特朗普赦免馬納福特[36]

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