The Washington, D.C., trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will be delayed a week.
Opening statements will begin Sept. 24, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson decided Tuesday. Jury selection will still begin on Sept. 17.
Manafort, 69, is facing charges of conspiracy and money laundering related to political lobbying work he did from 2006 to 2017. The charges were brought against him by special counsel Robert Mueller as part of his investigation into Russian election interference.
Manafort, who has pleaded not guilty in Washington, was convicted last week on eight of the 18 bank and tax fraud charges he faced in Alexandria, Va., which were also brought by Mueller.
He is currently jailed in Virginia after Jackson revoked his bond due to allegations of witness tampering.
In the wake of Manafort’s conviction, President Trump said he felt “very badly” for his former campaign manager, and stressed that the conviction has nothing to do with his 2016 campaign.
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