Second trial coming for Manafort

WASHINGTON – A jury is still deliberating Paul Manafort's future, but even if he's acquitted, his legal battle will only be halfway over.

The former campaign chairman for President Donald Trump is due back in court in Washington next month for a second trial centered on allegations of lying to the FBI, money laundering and foreign lobbying.

This time prosecutors say they have even more evidence – more than double the amount they showed jurors in Virginia.

In a court filing Thursday, Manafort's attorney said special counsel Robert Mueller's office has supplied "well over 1,000" exhibits for the trial. In the Virginia case, his office had about 400 exhibits.

The trial is slated to begin in front of U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Sept. 17.

The reasoning for the two separate trials stems from where prosecutors say the alleged crimes were committed. The cases in Virginia and Washington could have been combined, but Manafort's attorneys elected to keep them separate.

He could spend the rest of his life in federal prison if convicted on all of the 18 counts lodged against him there.

The charges include five counts of subscribing to false income tax returns, four counts of failing to file foreign bank account reports, four counts of bank fraud and five counts of bank fraud conspiracy.

He could face a maximum of 20 years behind bars if convicted in Washington.

Manafort has denied all the allegations and elected to take on the charges in court while his campaign deputy and close associate Rick Gates pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with Mueller's team, even testifying against his former boss in Virginia.