Judge agrees to delay Paul Manafort trial until July 31

Published July 23, 2018 7:50pm ET



A federal judge ruled Monday that the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will be delayed until next week, and won’t start Wednesday as prosecutors hoped.

Manafort is facing 18 charges in the Eastern District of Virginia, brought against him by special counsel Robert Mueller. They include money laundering, bank fraud and tax evasion, and he has pleaded not guilty.

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