LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An accountant for U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort testified on Friday [8-3-18] that she knew an accounting treatment for a loan was wrong when preparing Manafort’s tax return. The accountant, Cynthia Laporta, said the accounting treatment involved the 2014 tax year. ‘I very much regret it,’ she told the courtroom.”
–Reuters Staff, “Manafort accountant tells court tax treatment of loan was wrong,” Reuters, August 3, 2018 1:13 pm