NEW - robert mueller has asked a federal judge for more time to decide whether or not to retry paul manafort in alexandria, VA, where the jury could not reach a unanimous decision on 10 of the 18 bank & tax fraud charges he faced, resulting in a mistrial.
this, could take a while. why?
federal prosecutors don't want to make a decision to retry (or not) until after the court rules on whatever post-trial motions paul manafort's lawyers may file
federal prosecutors don't want to make a decision to retry (or not) until after the court rules on whatever post-trial motions paul manafort's lawyers may file
and keep in mind that manafort’s defense is currently buckling down in preparation for the start of his washington trial; jury selection is sept. 17, and opening arguments are slated for sept. 24
