LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, lost a bid on Friday [5-25-18] to have certain criminal charges filed against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller dismissed. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who is presiding over Manafort’s case in Washington, said in a ruling that she will not dismiss one of the charges against Manafort related to false statements concerning whether he was required to register as a foreign agent for Ukraine’s then pro-Russia government. However, she said the arguments his attorneys made regarding dismissing one of the charges can be re-examined after his criminal trial later this year. A spokesman for Manafort declined to comment on the ruling.”
-Sarah N. Lynch, “U.S. judge declines to dismiss ex-Trump aide’s false statement charges,” Reuters, May 25, 2018 1:16 pm