Attorneys for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort want a judge to bar any mention of Manafort's connections to the president at his Virginia trial. In court papers, Manafort's lawyers argue that because Manafort's alleged crimes occurred before he ever served on President Trump's campaign, any mention of Manafort's connections to Mr. Trump are irrelevant.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-manafort-attorneys-ask-judge-to-bar-any-mention-his-ties-to-trump-court-filing-today-2018-06-22/

My thoughts on this news

Haha, this is too funny, you can't make this shit up, just anther episode of Trump's reality show. So Manafort is now in jail awaiting trial, he got himself locked up because he committed more crimes while he was out on bail awaiting trial. He got in contact with some witnesses and got charged with witness tampering. He is pretty much fucked and will be locked up so he is really counting on that pardon from Trump after this is all over. So I am guessing this request by his lawyers is to keep Trump's name out of the trial and make it seem like he has nothing to do with any of this. They claim the crimes Manafort is being charged with all occurred before he worked as Trump's campaign chairman so they do not even want Trumps name mentioned during the trial.... LOL... I can already see this will be a very entertaining trial...