Manafort’s Washington Trial Opener Is Pushed Back a Week

The judge overseeing Paul Manafort’s money-laundering trial in Washington, D.C., granted a request by the defense for more time to prepare following a trail on other charges in Alexandria, Va.
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The judge overseeing Paul Manafort’s money-laundering trial in Washington, D.C., granted a request by the defense for more time to prepare following a trial on other charges in Alexandria, Va.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, in a pretrial hearing on Tuesday, pushed back opening arguments in the trial until Sept. 24. Those arguments had been scheduled to begin after jury selection on Sept. 17. Jury selection will still begin on that date, the judge said.