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Paul Manafort trial resumes after several hour delay

By Melissa Quinn
Published August 10, 2018 2:35pm ET
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Paul Manafort trial resumes after several hour delay
This courtroom sketch depicts Paul Manafort standing with his lawyers in front of U.S. district Judge T.S. Ellis III at the Alexandria Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., on July 31, 2018. | (Dana Verkouteren/AP)

The judge presiding over former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s trial resumed the trial mid-Friday afternoon after a delay of several hours that was expected to force prosecutors to rest their case next week, instead of today as planned.

U.S. District Judge T. S. Ellis III resumed the trial shortly after 2 p.m., after he indicated that he needed time to deal with other casework.

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