DrLove
Diamond Member
Is Crooked Paul really crazy enough to go to trial now that Gates has flipped - SERIOUS? Either a) he thinks Trump will pardon him (bad assumption) - b) he isn't aware that even if Trump pardons him Mueller has him covered dead to rights on state charges, or c) he doesn't understand that the Feds' conviction rate is over 90%. Ah well - right in the heart of the campaign season! 
Judge sets Sept. 17 trial date for Manafort on Mueller charges
A judge in Washington on Wednesday set a Sept. 17 trial date for former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort on charges from special counsel Robert Mueller, including money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent.
The decision from U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson would put Manafort on trial at the height of the midterm campaign season, a potentially unwelcome distraction for Republicans as they try to maintain majorities in Congress.
Manafort also faces the prospect of another trial in Alexandria, Virginia on a separate indictment Mueller's team obtained earlier this month accusing the veteran lobbyist and political consultant of 18 counts of tax and bank fraud. Manafort is scheduled to be arraigned in that case on Friday. No trial date has been set there.
The decision from U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson would put Manafort on trial at the height of the midterm campaign season, a potentially unwelcome distraction for Republicans as they try to maintain majorities in Congress.
Manafort also faces the prospect of another trial in Alexandria, Virginia on a separate indictment Mueller's team obtained earlier this month accusing the veteran lobbyist and political consultant of 18 counts of tax and bank fraud. Manafort is scheduled to be arraigned in that case on Friday. No trial date has been set there.
Judge sets Sept. 17 trial date for Manafort on Mueller charges
