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Prosecutors: Paul Manafort had a $15,000 jacket 'made from an ostrich'By Filipa Ioannou Updated 4:17 pm PDT, Tuesday, July 31, 2018
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/ostrich-jacket-paul-manafort-trial-15-thousand-13120663.php
With the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort for bank fraud and tax evasion now underway in Alexandria, Va., it's time for us to hear about the weird stuff that Manafort allegedly spent his millions on. In that respect, the first day of the trial did not disappoint.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Uzo Asoyne told jurors that along with acquiring properties, cars and high-end watches, Manafort also dropped $15,000 on a jacket "made from an ostrich."
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The specifics of the jacket weren't immediately clear (just ostrich leather, or were feathers also involved?) but will likely emerge in the days to come.
According to the indictment, the jacket is only the tip of the iceberg as far as Manafort's spending is concerned. He also wired $849,215 to a single men's clothing store in New York, part of a total clothing bill of more than $1.3 million. Compared to that lump of cash, what's $15,000 for a jacket made from the skin of the largest living species of bird whose muscular kick is strong enough to fell a lion?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)To each their own. I have leather dress shoes and belts, but prefer cloth for everything else.
lapucelle
(18,037 posts)without even realizing it. It's that creepy leather with the bumps from where the plumes were plucked out.
emulatorloo
(43,979 posts)https://theslot.jezebel.com/is-this-paul-manaforts-15-000-ostrich-skin-jacket-1828011336
Link to picture:
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--WqHaF63y--/c_fit,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/oc0mghmdpxps0cmnsyvn.jpg
lapucelle
(18,037 posts)Like they say, "money can't buy taste".
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)but when you say "ostrich" people think of plumes and feathers, and I'm sure that's why the ostrich jacket is getting so much attention on Twitter. We are all imagining Manafort in some feathery, campy thing, not a nice leather jacket.
Crabby Appleton
(5,231 posts)while running with sufficient velocity you will take off and can fly just like a real ostrich.
pamdb
(1,331 posts)Is this supposed to make him sympathetic to the jury? 'Cause I don't think so....
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)The person who brought it up was the Asst. US Attorney, so i think they are trying to do exactly the opposite of what you suggest.
They're trying to paint him as a spendthrift jerk and unsympathetic.
And, given your response, and my feelings on it, it did work.
I think it makes him look like quite the ass.
LisaM
(27,758 posts)Manafort seems to have been absolutely addicted to luxury items and a high-end lifestyle. Rugs, art, clothes, houses.....
John Gruff
(58 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Squinch
(50,773 posts)a creepy looking guy trying to look like what he wasn't.
packman
(16,296 posts)"Let them wear cotton"
And we all know how that turned out-
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I'm putting $50 on them turning up an article of clothing made out of human skin.
Princess Turandot
(4,784 posts)... Collusion de Vil