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Manafort is getting more time to prepare for his trial on bank and tax fraud charges. it was set to start this week. chief intelligence corr responsible dents, catherine herridge is live in washington with more on the delay. catherine? >> manafort's legal team asked for more time to go through thousands of records, documents related to the case. the judge in this prosecution in virginia has granted them until july 31. so he's given about a week of wiggle room. this -- the virginia court is known as the rocket docket. they have a reputation for moving quickly. it's not surprising he's granted a...

And to that end, in terms of the evolution of this legal case, let me start with one small development that didn't get much attention today. i'm leading with it not because it's the most important, but you may not have heard about it. it's a new development in the case of paul manafort, the campaign chair. he is in jail awaiting two different federal trials. the first jurisdiction was washington, d.c. the judge set a date in september. the second jurisdiction in which he was charged was in the eastern district of virginia. even though the charges came second, the eastern district of virginia i...

Prosecutors or the defense is comfortable with. in the virginia trial, not only did they set his trial date for july, two months ahead of his d.c. trial date even though he was charged in d.c. first, but the judge in the case sped things along and turned down manafort's request for a delay in the trial and turned down prosecutors's request to be blocked out on the calendar. he said no, you should be able to get this done in one week. fast, fast, fast. he wants to get it done. that's what the judge is known for. it is surprising and interesting today that in paul manafort's case in the rocket d...

Who may end up as stipulations in the case, and they have probably given a list of witnesses to the other side as required by the rocket docket of the eastern district of virginia. and i don't think judge ellis would like any delay. so i'm sure he's glad to give immunity to the witnesses who may or may not appear. >> i get excited when you talk about stipulations. you know that. >> yes, i know. it's so exciting for litigators. >> who knew it would ever be national news. you're referring to the process by which they're going to prove certain things. why for viewers wondering, why would those ty...

Multiple felony trials in each jurisdiction. the first jurisdiction in which he was charged was washington, d.c. the judge set a trial date for manafort in d.c. in september. the second he was charged was in the eastern district of virginia. even though those charges came second, the eastern district of virginia is known as the rocket docket. they like to go fast. don't ask a judge in the eastern district for a delay in your trial. don't take long recess. don't ask the judge to make it take too long. they like to go fast. sometimes faster than teeth prosecutors or the defense is comfortable wi...