Paul Manafort lawyers want mention of Trump banned in Virginia trial

Attorneys for former Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chair, want a judge to bar any mention of Manafort’s connections to the president at his trial in Virginia.

Manafort’s lawyers filed their motion on Friday in federal court in Alexandria, ahead of the trial in July. Manafort is charged with hiding from the Internal Revenue Service tens of millions of dollars he earned advising pro-Russia politicians in Ukraine.

He faces a separate indictment in Washington. Manafort is jailed while he awaits trial after the judge in the DC case decided to revoke his bail after prosecutors alleged he was engaging in witness tampering.

A pretrial hearing in the Alexandria case is scheduled for 29 June. On Friday, Manafort’s lawyers argued that because their client’s alleged crimes occurred before he ever served on Donald Trump’s campaign, any mention of connections to Trump were irrelevant.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/23/paul-manafort-lawyers-donald-trump-banned-virginia-trial


So if you type in "How long has Paul Manafort known Donald Trump..........you get this as the top hit on google

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/10/a_timeline_of_paul_manafort_s_relationship_with_the_trump_world.html


The character of Paul Manafort is on trial, and if he has known the sexual predator since 1980...............well then, he can be used ................