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Hollywood stars could not contain their excitement when they heard that Paul Manafort was found guilty on eight counts of tax and bank fraud.
Cher tweeted, "I'm so excited about Paul Manafort's guiltily verdict I could [dance]!!" Kathy Griffin celebrated "topless, naturally." And Elizabeth Banks was "feeling optimistic for the first time in months."
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Manafort was found guilty on eight of the 18 charges he was facing, and if the aforementioned verdicts stand, he is looking at spending the rest of this life behind bars. A U.S. District Court judge declared a mistrial on the remaining 10 counts because the jury failed to reach unanimity.
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See how Hollywood stars celebrated the news in the tweets below.
When I first saw House of Cards on @netflix I thought it was improbable fiction...
@DanRather
I'm So excited about Paul Manafort's Guiltily
@cher
Verdict I Could 💃🏻 &🥂‼️
🎂
BIRDS OF A FUCKING FEATHER. pic.twitter.com/aECqIXvgH9
@BetteMidler
Celebrating the Manafort and Cohen verdicts...topless, naturally pic.twitter.com/o0AO7rXFHb
@kathygriffin
Wow.
@ChrisEvans
Disaster zone for Trump. https://t.co/TLZ3e0vY9Q
@JedediahBila
LOCK 👏🏾 TRUMP 👏🏾 UP 👏🏾 https://t.co/s7G3RUAnLy
@JackeeHarry
National security advisor:
@Alyssa_Milano
GUILTY.
Foreign policy advisor:
GUILTY.
Personal attorney:
GUILTY.
Deputy campaign chair:
GUILTY.
Campaign chair:
GUILTY.
Feeling optimistic for the first time in months. pic.twitter.com/C3fRSgmSHF
@ElizabethBanks
A candidate. Hmm....🤔 And he ain't just talkin' smack with Joey No Socks & the fellas. That's a federal judge's bus he just threw. @realDonaldTrump under. https://t.co/eGsw9TgwDR
@jfreewright
Michael Cohen: possible 46 to 63 months in federal prison
@jfreewright
Paul Manafort: *Hold my prune juice.*
Imagine if Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, and Donald Trump were all in the same prison. That would be the best season of The Apprentice ever.
@chelseahandler
August 21, 2018 mark it down on your calendars folks, today changes everything! Michael Cohen Says He Paid Off Woman Who Claimed Affair at Trump's Direction https://t.co/3myCinONsE
@ChazBono
Dear Donald,
@HamillHimself
Speaking of stolen campaign slogans: Maybe you would be better informed if you watched less TV & read more history books.
Good luck with your Rigged Witch Hunts,
mh@foxandfiends pic.twitter.com/q9ZqytVKu8
Trump just now: “Paul Manafort is a good man...this has nothing to do with Russian collusion. I feel badly for Paul, he worked for Bob Dole...he worked for Reagan.”
@yashar
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