Manafort’s Next Trial Will Remain In Washington, DC

A federal judge ruled that Paul Manafort’s second trial will remain in Washington, D.C., the AP reports.

“Manafort’s attorneys had argued that the trial should be moved to Roanoke, Virginia, because the intensity of publicity in Washington made it impossible for him to receive a fair trial. But Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the request appeared to relate more to concerns about the political affiliation of Washington residents, rather than a unique amount of pretrial publicity.”