Manafort in Wheelchair as He Gets Feb. 8 Sentencing Date
- Lawyer offers no explanation for why Manafort in wheelchair
- Judge dismisses 10 counts that led to jury deadlock, mistrial
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Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman to President Donald Trump, appeared in a wheelchair in a Virginia courtroom where his lawyer said he had “significant” health issues and the judge set a Feb. 8 sentencing for his conviction on fraud counts.
Manafort, 69, wore a dark green jail jumpsuit and never rose from his wheelchair Friday as he appeared for the first time since his Aug. 21 conviction on bank- and tax-fraud charges. Since then, he pleaded guilty to separate charges in Washington and began cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.