Judge in Virginia schedules Manafort trial on bank, tax charges for July 10

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By JOSH GERSTEIN 03/08/2018 02:15 PM EST

A judge in Virginia on Thursday set a July 10 trial date for former Donald Trump aide Paul Manafort on charges including bank and tax fraud.

A judge in Washington had previously set a trial date for Sept. 17 on an earlier set of charges from special counsel Robert Mueller. Manafort, who was Trump's campaign chief in 2016, has said he will fight the charges even though his longtime aide, Rick Gates, is now cooperating with Mueller's office.

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[BumRushDaShow]

1. Wow.

Back to back. At first I thought they scheduled the other one earlier but these are 2 separate trials. He will be very busy (assuming they don't ask for a delay as the dates approach).