U.S. judge declines to dismiss Manafort's false statement charges
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, lost a bid on Friday to have certain criminal charges filed against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller dismissed.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who is presiding over Manafort's case in Washington, said in a ruling that she will not dismiss one of the charges against Manafort related to false statements concerning whether he was required to register as a foreign agent for Ukraine's then pro-Russia government.
However, she said the arguments his attorneys made regarding dismissing one of the charges can be re-examined after his criminal trial later this year.
A spokesman for Manafort declined to comment on the ruling.
Jackson's ruling marks yet another setback for Manafort.
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