Paul Manafort appeared in court Wednesday morning and pleaded not guilty to the charges in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's superseding indictment filed last Thursday. The judge set his trial date for September 17th.
A Washington, D.C. judge on Wednesday set a trial date of Sept. 17 for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, just weeks before the 2018 midterm elections, according to multiple reports.
Manafort has pleaded not guilty to numerous charges in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, including money laundering, tax fraud and bank fraud conspiracy.
Manafort is due back in court Friday, this time in Alexandria, Virginia, where a grand jury separately returned an indictment against him on different, but related, charges to those in the DC case. He is scheduled to appear for an arraignment on those charges.
The special counsel's office had determined that the charges filed in Virginia couldn't be brought in DC, given the location where the alleged criminal acts took place. Andres said Wednesday that they had asked Manafort if he would be willing to waive the venue issue and allow the new charges to be brought in DC, and that Manafort had declined — as was his right, Andres added.
Nearly four months since his arrest and first court appearance, Manafort remains under home confinement.
Manafort trial date set for Sept. 17 (The Hill)
Paul Manafort pleads not guilty to new charges (CNN)
Paul Manafort Again Entered A Not Guilty Plea On Charges Brought By Mueller's Office (BuzzFeed News)