Robert Mueller needs more time to decide to retry Paul Manafort in Virginia

Published August 29, 2018 9:14pm ET



Federal prosecutors for special counsel Robert Mueller are asking for more time to decide whether to retry Paul Manafort in Alexandria, Va.

The former Trump campaign chairman was convicted last week on eight of the 18 bank and tax fraud charges brought against him by Mueller’s team — and the federal judge overseeing the case declared a mistrial on the other ten.

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