Manafort’s trial kicks off

Published July 31, 2018 4:40pm ET



Alexandria, Va. — A jury of six men and six women was selected for the trial involving former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who faces 18 counts of bank and tax fraud.

Manafort’s trial, the first stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, kicked off Tuesday morning at a federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va. Federal prosecutors and Manafort’s attorneys will make their opening statements later Tuesday afternoon.

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