Paul Manafort trial by the numbers: 27 witnesses, 18 charges and a potential 305 years in prison

Show Caption Hide Caption Jury begins deliberations in Paul Manafort trial The trial case against Paul Manafort over money laundering and tax evasion has entered jury deliberations. Kevin Johnson reports from Alexandria, Va.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Paul Manafort shuffled in the courtroom Monday, looking on as his attorneys and prosecutors spoke with the federal judge overseeing his tax and bank fraud trial.

It's been four weeks since the trial began, and jurors on Monday were still deliberating his fate. If found guilty on all the charges he's facing, he could spend the rest of his life in federal prison.

The case has had its twists and turns over the weeks. Here's a look at the trial in numbers, how it all developed and the possible conclusions.

18 criminal counts

The case against Manafort is centered on allegations of bank and tax fraud.

The charges are basically split into three areas: failing to file reports for foreign bank accounts, filing false income tax returns and bank fraud.

Throughout the trial, prosecutors have described in detail Manafort's life, first working as a prominent political consultant and lobbyist. He worked on behalf of the pro-Russian political party in Ukraine and then-President Viktor Yanukovych, making millions.

Prosecutors allege Manafort hid this money in foreign bank accounts and failed to claim the assets on his taxes, which kept him from paying money to the federal government.

Once the money dried up after Yanukovych was deposed, Manafort falsified bank loans to keep up with his lavish lifestyle, prosecutors allege.

In total, Manafort is accused of obtaining $20 million from the falsified bank loans.

10 days of testimony

Through their witnesses, documents and other evidence, prosecutors outlined how Manafort allegedly stashed millions of dollars in secret foreign bank accounts, many of them based in Cyprus, and later routed the money to the U.S. to prop up the political operative's extravagant lifestyle.

Prosecutors detailed a network of bank accounts that received more than $60 million from Manafort's political consulting work in Ukraine, mostly for Yanukovych.

More than $15 million contained in those accounts went unreported to U.S. tax authorities, prosecutors allege.

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27 witnesses

A cast of characters was introduced as prosecutors portrayed Manafort as a tax cheat who lived lavishly.

Custom-clothing vendors in Manhattan and Beverly Hills, a Virginia Mercedes-Benz dealer and a real estate agent detailing the $1.9 million cash purchase of a house in Arlington, Virginia, for Manafort's daughter all testified for the prosecution.

An FBI counterintelligence agent also described last year’s early-morning raid at Manafort's Alexandria condominium, where investigators recovered documents allegedly outlining the routing of millions of dollars from secret foreign bank accounts and falsified loan applications.

But no prosecution witness was as damning – or controversial – as Manafort's former business partner, Rick Gates, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiracy and lying to the FBI as part of a deal to testify against Manafort.

Gates detailed years of alleged lawbreaking at Manafort's political firm and admitted to stealing money from Manafort's secret overseas bank accounts.

All 27 witnesses were for the prosecution as Manafort's defense team called none.

Three days of deliberations

As jurors concluded Monday's deliberations at 6:15 p.m. EDT, they had deliberated for a little more than 21 hours.

Over the course of three days, they have communicated with the judge and asked four questions as they mulled over the 18 criminal counts laid against Manafort.

Among the queries, jurors asked U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III to redefine the term "reasonable doubt."

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Ellis explained that the government was not required to prove the case beyond "all doubt." He defined reasonable doubt as doubt "based on reason."

Jurors also asked the judge to clarify requirements for U.S. citizens to report financial interests in foreign bank accounts. Manafort is charged with four counts of failing to file reports of interests in offshore accounts in which prosecutors allege he shielded more than $15 million from U.S. tax authorities.

A third question requested a definition of shell companies, believed to be a reference to entities that Manafort allegedly created to accept payments and move money earned from his political consulting operation in Ukraine.

Ellis instructed the jury to rely on their understanding of the term from the evidence presented.

The judge denied a fourth request that the panel be provided an amended exhibit list that corresponded directly with the 18 criminal counts filed in the case.

305 years in prison

Manafort faces a life behind bars if convicted on all 18 charges.

Here's the breakdown of the charges and the maximum sentence for each.

• Five counts of subscribing to a false income tax return. Each count carries a maximum of three years in federal prison. That's a total of 15 years.

• Four counts of failing to report foreign bank accounts. Each count carries a maximum of five years in federal prison. That's a total of 20 years.

• Five counts of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Each count carries a maximum of 30 years in federal prison. That's 150 years behind federal bars.

• Four counts of bank fraud. Each count also carries a maximum of 30 years in federal prison. That's a total of 120 years.

All together, that's 305 years behind federal bars. While the more than three-century sentence is the maximum one could face for the charges Manafort is facing, it's likely his sentence would be much lower.

A federal sentencing guide provides a framework for a reasonable sentence based on a person's criminal history and the level of the offense.

Manafort has never been convicted of a crime.

2 trials

Even if Paul Manafort is acquitted in Virginia, his legal battle will be only halfway over.

He is due back in court in Washington next month for a second trial centered on allegations of lying to the FBI, money laundering and foreign lobbying.

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This time prosecutors say they have even more evidence – more than double the amount they showed jurors in Virginia.

In a court filing Thursday, Manafort's attorney said special counsel Robert Mueller's office has supplied "well over 1,000" exhibits for the trial. In the Virginia case, his office presented jurors about 400 exhibits.

The trial is set to begin in front of U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Sept. 17.