Key actors in the case of the United States compared to the former director of the Trump Manafort campaign

(Reuters) – The criminal trial of former President Donald Trump's campaign president, Paul Manafort, has been delayed for a week, a US judge making public the names of five witnesses who obtained the Immunity to testify.

Manafort's trial of 18 charges, including bank and tax fraud and failure to file foreign bank and financial accounts, will begin on July 31. The agent and longtime Republican businessman pleaded not guilty.

This will be the first trial of the Special Advisor's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 US election.

Below is a summary of some of the people who will play a key role in the case:

Paul Manafort was Trump's campaign president from May 19 to August 19, 2016. His release on bail was revoked on June 15. remains imprisoned before his trial. He faces a separate trial in September for related charges, including the falsification of witnesses.

Robert Mueller is the United States special advocate for the investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 elections, the possible hindrance to justice and financial crimes alleged by Manafort and others. He was appointed on May 17, 2017 by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

Richard Gates is a former campaign vice president for Trump who has agreed to cooperate with the Mueller probe. He pleaded guilty in February to conspiring against the United States and lying to investigators.

George Papadopoulos is a former Trump campaign adviser who pleaded guilty last fall to false statements to the FBI about his contacts with Russia. He cooperated with Mueller. According to documents released with his guilty plea, Papadopoulos proposed to set up a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the then Trump candidate.

Corey Lewandowski was Trump's campaign manager before Manafort took over in May 2016. He was fired from the campaign a month later. Lewandowski has been questioned several times by the House Intelligence Committee, which is also investigating Russia's possible interference in the elections. Committee members stated that Lewandowski refused to answer many of their questions.

Carter Page, also a former Trump campaign advisor, was under surveillance by the FBI as part of an investigation to find out he had plotted with the Russian government to undermine the 2016 election. According to documents released on Saturday, "Michael has established relations with Russian officials, including Russian intelligence officers."

Michael Flynn, a former national security advisor and White House campaigner, pleaded guilty in December. agents of his conversations with the Russian ambbadador at the time, Sergei Kislyak, and agreed to cooperate with Mueller's investigation. He was the first member of Trump's administration to plead guilty to a crime discovered by Mueller.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III presides over the case of Manafort and questioned the reach of the Mueller probe. He said that Manafort 's indictment appeared to be aimed at bringing him to provide information about Trump. Ellis, appointed by former President Ronald Reagan in 1987, is based in Alexandria, Virginia.

Alex Van der Zwaan is a Dutch lawyer who has already worked with Manafort and Gates. He was sentenced in April to 30 days in jail for lying to Mueller investigators. He was the first to be sentenced in the Mueller investigation.

Jeffrey Yohai is the former son-in-law and business partner of Manafort. He entered into an advocacy agreement with the Mueller office in May asking him to cooperate with other probes.

Bruce Baldinger is a long-time real estate attorney for Manafort. He signed biannual statements as authorized person for two of Manafort's New York companies, which prosecutors allege are part of a program to take tens of millions of dollars earned abroad and to whiten it in the United States. In June, Baldinger retained the services of an ethics counselor as legal counsel.

Rick Davis, one of Manafort's trading partners, organized in 2008 the presidential candidate of the time, John McCain, to meet Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire. He was director of McCain's presidential campaign in 2000 and 2008.

Tony Podesta, a prominent Washington lobbyist, resigned from his office in October as investigators examined his company's links with Manafort. The company, Podesta Group, lobbied on behalf of the European Center for a Modern Ukraine, which was named in the indictment of Manafort.

Potential government witnesses whose identity was made public on Monday by Ellis:

Dennis Raico was a senior executive at the Federal Savings Bank, a Chicago-based lender who lent Manafort $ 16 million for real estate in New York. Mueller said he would present evidence at trial showing a link between loans and an effort by Manafort to get the bank's CEO positions on the Trump campaign and in the administration. The managing director of Federal is Steven Calk, who played an advisory role in the Trump campaign.

James Brennan is also a member of the Federal Savings Bank.

Donna Duggan is an insurance agent at Moody Insurance Worldwide, based in Germantown, Maryland. She worked on insurance related to a Brooklyn, NY, town house against which Manafort borrowed money from the Federal Savings Bank, according to an email listed as potential evidence in the Manafort lawsuit in a submitted by Mueller.

Cindy Laporta is an accountant with the KWC accounting firm based in Virginia. The firm said it had prepared tax returns for individuals and businesses for Manafort.

Conor O & # 39; Brien was formerly employed at KWC.