What is Paul Manafort?
{{Infobox criminal | name = Paul Manafort | image = Paul Manafort at 2016 RNC.jpg | caption = Manafort speaks with media prior to the [[2016 Republican National Convention]]. | birth_name = Paul John Manafort Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|04|01}} | birth_place = [[New Britain, Connecticut]], U.S. | residence = | nationality = | education = [[Georgetown University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]]) | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | criminal_charge = Five counts of [[tax fraud]], two counts of [[bank fraud]], and one count of failing to disclose a hidden foreign bank account; two counts of [[Conspiracy (criminal)|conspiracy]] | conviction_penalty = | conviction_status = Found guilty on 8 counts; pleaded guilty to counts of conspiracy; scheduled to be sentenced on February 8, 2019 or March 5, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/30/paul-manafort-judge-sets-sentencing-march-5/2154086002/|title=Judge sets Paul Manafort sentencing for March 5 after plea agreement with Robert Mueller collapses|website=USA TODAY}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/us/politics/paul-manafort-russia-mueller-sentencing.html|title=Manafort to Be Sentenced in February in Financial Fraud Case|access-date=November 27, 2018}}</ref> | spouse = {{marriage|Kathleen Bond|1978-08-12}} | children = 2 }} '''Paul John Manafort Jr.''' (born April 1, 1949)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://biographytree.com/biography/paul-manafort-biographyex-campaign-manager-donald-trump/|title=Paul Manafort Biography – know everything about him|date=September 27, 2016|work=BiographyTree|access-date=August 22, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=August 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823075147/https://biographytree.com/biography/paul-manafort-biographyex-campaign-manager-donald-trump/|url-status=dead}}</ref> is an American lobbyist, political consultant, lawyer and convicted felon. He joined [[Donald Trump]]'s presidential campaign te