USA v. Manafort & Gates
- Federal Case against Paul Manafort and Richard Gates
Issues & Arguments
- Tax evasion and bank fraud
People & Organizations
Judges
Venues
Prosecution
Defendants
Lawyers
Others
Timeline
- 2017 - Judge approved a search warrant for Manafort's condominium in Alexandra, Virginia
- February 22, 2018 - A second grand jury (in Virginia) return a 32 count indictment for tax evasion and bank fraud against Manafort and Gates. Again Gates pled out
- Manafort objected to consolidating the two cases
- May 4, 2018 - Motion hearing
- July 6, 2018 - Manafort asks for trial to be moved from Alexandra (Eastern District of Virginia) to Roanoke (Western District of Virginia). Ellis rejects the request
- July 10, 2018 - The Virginia case originally scheduled to go to trial. There was a two week continuance leading to the trial to start on July 25th
- Manafort moved to suppress the evidence from the search warrants as illegal search and seizure. Both courts denied motion to suppress
- Motion in limine for Evidence or arguments:
- of collusion and Manafort working for Trump (gov: limited objections - claims Trump campaign relevant)
- concerning charges in the DC case (gov: limited objections - some Gates allegations relevant)
- regarding the defendant's remand in the DC case (gov: no objections)
- Motions to compel to immunize and seal the identities of 5 witnesses
- July 24, 2018 - Judge delays trial until July 31st, 5 witnesses immunized