Criminal
Mar. 11, 2021
Manafort pardon doesn’t remove risk of civil forfeiture
On Feb. 26, Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted Sherwin’s motion, and entered an order vacating the court’s earlier decision directing the forfeiture of real property owned by Manafort. But the order doesn’t address the possibility of civil asset forfeiture.
John H. Minan
Emeritus Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law
Professor Minan is a former attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and the former chairman of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board.
Manafort pardon doesn't remove risk of civil forfeiture
Paul Manafort, a Republican Party long-time campaign consultant, was largely responsible for the strategy and messaging campaign that helped Donald Trump win the presidency in 2016. Manafort resigned or was fired from the Trump campaign after it was disclosed that he received millions of dollars in cash payments from Ukraine's deposed pro-Russian former president, Viktor Ya...
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