Manafort judge seeks response to venue change, delay requests

The federal judge overseeing Paul Manafort’s upcoming trial on bank and tax fraud charges gave prosecutors until Friday to respond to defense requests to move the case to Roanoke, Virginia, and to postpone its start slated for later this month.

With the former Trump campaign chief ’s trial “looming on the horizon” in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III ordered Russia special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecution team Tuesday to address venue and delay requests.