Manafort wants trial moved to Roanoke
Attorneys for Paul Manafort asked a federal judge to move his fast-approaching criminal bank and tax fraud trial from Alexandria to Roanoke, Virginia, saying a more Republican-friendly jury would decide his guilt or innocence more fairly.
The president’s former campaign chairman’s prosecution has “become theatre in the continuing controversy” surrounding the president and his election, defense attorney’s argue, and as a result, “It is difficult, if not impossible, to divorce the issues in this case from the political views of potential jurors.”
