LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER: “Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, will face trial in mid-September on charges of conspiring against the U.S., conspiring to launder money, and failing to register as an agent of a foreign power, a federal judge said Wednesday [2-28-18].
The Sept. 17 date was set by U.S. District Judge Amy Jackson in Washington’s federal court during a hearing at which the longtime political consultant pleaded not guilty to new charges Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller unveiled last week.
Mr. Manafort has also been charged separately by Mr. Mueller’s prosecutors in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., on tax and bank-fraud counts. He is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on those charges.
In both cases, Mr. Manafort is accused of seeking to avoid paying taxes on millions of dollars in income he earned for work on behalf of Ukraine’s government and a pro-Russia political party.”
-Del Quentin Wilber, “Manafort’s Trial to Open in September in Washington,” The Wall Street Journal online, Feb. 28, 2018 11:34am