The trial is the first arising from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe. President Trump repeatedly has called the Mueller probe a "witch hunt," and his attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has suggested the investigation is "rigged." They also alleged that Manafort committed bank fraud and bank fraud conspiracy in several instances. WHO ARE THE 35 WITNESSES MUELLER IS PLANNING TO CALL IN THE HIGH-STAKES MANAFORT TRIAL? Manafort has been held in solitary confinement for alleged witness tampering by the judge in his pending D.C. trial, Judge Amy Berman Jackson.

Source: Fox News July 30, 2018 23:37 UTC