Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has been found guilty of bank and tax fraud.

He was found guilty of eight out of 18 charges relating to financial crime.

Manafort was convicted of five counts of filing false income tax returns, one count of failing to file a report of a foreign bank account in 2012 and two counts of bank fraud.

Judge TS Ellis declared a mistrial on the 10 other charges after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

The jury deliberated for four days before announcing the verdict at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia.


Prosecutors spent more than two weeks presenting their case as they sought to prove Manafort concealed millions of dollars in offshore accounts from the IRS.

Image: Paul Manafort's mugshot photo after he was moved tothe president said.

US senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the senate intelligence committee, warned President Trump over a possible pardon for Manafort.

"Any attempt by the president to pardon Mr Manafort or interfere in the investigation into his campaign would be a gross abuse of power and require immediate action by congress," said Mr Warner, whose committee has been investigating Russia collusion and the 2016 US election campaign.

This trial is the first of two for Manafort.

He faces a trial later this year in the District of Columbia on charges of conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, making false statements and acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Ukrainian interests.

He is also accused of witness tampering in that case.

Former US attorney Harry Litman told Sky News