President Trump’s former campaign chairman won’t make a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller to avoid his trial, his attorney told CBS News on Tuesday.
CBS News reporter Paula Reid said Paul Manafort’s attorney Kevin Downing told her there’s “no chance” his client will cooperate with Mueller to avoid his trial.
JUST IN: No deal. Manafort attorney Kevin Downing tells me “No chance!” his client will cooperate with Special Counsel in order to avoid trial today. @CBSNews
— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) July 31, 2018
The trial in federal court in Alexandria, Va., begins Tuesday. Jury selection starts Tuesday and opening arguments are expected to take place later in the week. He is indicted on 18 charges of bank and tax fraud, relating to his income while he worked as an unregistered lobbyist and consultant for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine. He has plead not guilty.
Manafort also faces a trial in Washington, D.C., in September on related charges.
