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Trial twice. it appears from the way the judge has addressed this this court that maybe it is an inconvenience. that she is the second judge to hear this and the timing of hadder tlil to be adjusted for the other federal judge who went first. it is cheer from this transcript, she does not appear to be happen that they want to move this second case out of washington, d.c. and have it somewhere else. apparently that will be litigated by the end of next being. on this issue of paul manafort's defense team, not being able to handle the requirements of preparing for his second trial, not being able...

First. it is cheer from this transcript, she does not appear to be happen that they want to move this second case out of washington, d.c. and have it somewhere else. apparently that will be litigated by the end of next being. on this issue of paul manafort's defense team, not being able to handle the requirements of preparing for his second trial, not being able to get it together. well, the judge today in d.c. gave him a very hard time on that. in the end, she did actually give them a little bit of an extension. so there's another round of fairly vociferous fighting at the end of the fighting...

Once in virginia and once in washington, d.c. prosecutors had offered to consolidate two cases so manafort would go on trial only once. his legal team said no. this judge in the d.c. case has previously proclaimed herself in court to be basically bewildered by decision and here today she once again goes back to it. the judge, quote, now i understand, wasn't my decision to move another trial in front of this. wasn't my decision on push that trial up to accommodate that judge's schedule. and you know, it was your decision to push it further. so you're under extraordinary time pressures that don'...

Get it together. two federal trials back to back against experienced aggressive prosecutors including the possibility the first trial might not even be over yet. the special counsel's office is due to tell the court in virginia tomorrow whether or not they'll put manafort on trial again. whether they'll retry him on the ten felony counts where the jury was not able to reach a verdict in his case last week. i don't doubt that paul manafort and his team may have talked to the special counsel and his prosecutors about the prospect of some kind of deal to make the charges and the second trial go a...

Impartial jury. and this jurisdiction, meaning federal court in d.c., has had very high profile cases before where we have been able through a jury questionnaire, followed by individual voir dire. if it is not possible in the proceeding, we can still take action at that time. but the judge says, you are entitled to file whatever you want to file. manafort's defense lawyer mr. westling. understood, your honor. thank you. so as the judge says here, she's not pre judging manafort's request to move his next trial out of washington, d.c. but i wouldn't expect paul manafort's defense team has their ...