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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsManafort wants trial moved from Alexandria to Roanoke because Hillary got 2/3 of the vote
Manaforts trial in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, is due to start on July 25, but in court filings on Friday his lawyers also asked for postponement until another trial due to start in September in Washington, D.C. runs its course. They said his pretrial detention made it hard to prepare his defense.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted Manafort on charges including bank and tax fraud. Fridays filings are Manaforts latest attempt to stall the legal process, after a judge overseeing the Alexandria case last month rejected an effort to have the indictment dismissed.
Manaforts lawyers said on Friday the trial should be moved from Alexandria, which is a short drive from Washington, to Roanoke, Virginia about 240 miles (386 km) away.
They cited voting data showing Hillary Clinton took two-thirds of the 2016 presidential vote in Alexandria, which was part of an inside-the-Beltway area preoccupied with political media coverage, much of it negative towards Manafort and Trump.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/ex-trump-campaign-manager-paul-manafort-seeks-move-postpone-trial/
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Manafort wants trial moved from Alexandria to Roanoke because Hillary got 2/3 of the vote (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Jul 2018
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stonecutter357
(12,682 posts)1. LOCK HIM UP!
mucifer
(23,373 posts)2. I surprised he didn't ask for the trial to be moved to Moscow.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)3. why, there are plenty of apolitical, apathetic folks out there, everywhere.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)4. Jury pool shouldn't matter
. . . if you've done nothing wrong. Manafort should welcome the opportunity to prove his innocence, win his vindication, and pwn the libtards in a presumed stronghold.
Right?
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)5. Another one manafort loses..
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)6. You just knew that one was coming.
Understand the Jury questionnaire is to be quite extensive to avoid any bias . The Fed's are not going to let this turn into a Bundy F--up. Team Mueller will make sure that never happens.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)7. Well bless his heart.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)8. I checked. Roanoke when 61% for Trump.
So he wants to move from a 66% Hillary to 61% Trump venue. Can't say I blame his lawyers for trying. They do have a duty to defend their client as vigorously as possible.
Hope this judge doesn't laugh out loud but still refuses.