Buckle up. Paul Manaforts trial date has been set: Monday, September 17.

[kpete]

A judge in Washington on Wednesday said she was setting 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.


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/28/judge-sets-sept-17-trial-date-for-manafort-on-mueller-charges-430621

[PJMcK]

1. NICE!

Suck it, GOP.

[kentuck]

2. Interesting.

That is pretty quick!

[jberryhill]

4. Won't happen

There is no way this case is going to trial in September.

[jberryhill]

3. Initially-scheduled trial dates are rarely met

That trial date is a default date set in the absence of pre-trial motions. More likely than not, there will be various motions that will push that date back.

[KewlKat]

5. So weve been led to believe that this lying ba$$tard is broke. So who is paying

His legal fees? I’ve heard no mention of a public defender. also, why don’t they throw his a$$ in jail? Why does he get to remain in the comfort of his home pending conviction......

[Rainbow Droid]

6. There is a roughly 0/1 chance of this actually going to trial in September.

Or this year at all.

[sweetroxie]

7. So far away!!!!?

n/t