Article snippet: A federal judge on Monday agreed to delay the criminal trial of former Trump campaign chairman MORE after his lawyers argued they needed more time to review a trove of documents recently provided by government prosecutors. Manafort’s trial was expected to begin on Wednesday in federal court in Alexandria, Va., but the ruling from Judge T.S. Ellis will delay it until July 31. The trial will be the first in special counsel MORE’s sprawling investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. “These 120,000 pages are really at the heart of the issue,” Manafort attorney Kevin Downing said Monday, according to USA Today. In addition to granting the delay, Ellis also granted Mueller’s request to grant immunity for five witnesses in Manafort’s trial. Manafort has been indicted on 16 counts of tax and bank fraud that also include charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and failure to file reports of foreign bank accounts. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Manafort’s team had hoped to delay the trial longer. Jay Nanavati, one of Manafort’s attorney, argued in court filings that more time is needed to prepare for the trial given that his client was being held in the Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw, Va., about two hours from D.C., on charges pending in a separate case against Manafort in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He said the facility is about 100 miles from his office, and that it takes more than two hou... Link to the full article to read more