After four days of deliberations, a federal jury Tuesday deemed former Donald Trump campaign chairman and New Britain native Paul Manafort <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-two-convictions-pressure-mounts-on-trump/2018/08/21/94e5dae0-a58a-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html?utm_term=.ceee4d9b1a17" target="_blank">guilty of eight of 18 counts</a> of tax fraud and other crimes.This week we discuss the fallout from that verdict.Meanwhile, here in Connecticut, the quest for Democratic and Republican party unity in the race for governor continues after the August 14 primaries.<a href="http://wnpr.org/donate" rel="payment">Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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