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Judge delays Manafort's first trial — again

By JOSH GERSTEIN 06/12/2018 10:15 AM EDT
https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2018/06/12/paul-manafort-virginia-trial-schedule-637802

A federal judge in Virginia has again delayed the trial scheduled for next month for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on charges of tax evasion, bank fraud and failing to report foreign bank accounts.

In a new order dated Monday and released Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis pushed back the scheduled start of Manafort's trial one day to July 25.

The move came at the request of prosecutors from special counsel Robert Mueller's office who said the earlier start date would conflict with a previously set hearing on another criminal case Manafort is facing in Washington.

Ellis originally set the Alexandria, Virginia trial for July 10 but recently postponed the trial by two weeks after he delayed a hearing on some key motions in the case.

The Washington case, set for trial Sept. 17, charges the longtime political consultant and lobbyist with money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent in connection with his Ukraine-related work.

Manafort has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.


Josh Gerstein is a senior White House reporter for POLITICO.

https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2018/06/12/paul-manafort-virginia-trial-schedule-637802