US court decides to keep former Trump campaign leader in detention

The Court of Appeal, a lower court in the Supreme Court, reaffirmed the decision taken in June by a Washington judge who considered Manafort to face two trials: one in the District Court of Columbia, which will begin in September, and another trial The trial in Virginia began today with the selection of the 12 members of the jury and their four substitutes, who will be responsible for deciding their guilt.

The head of the Trump campaign went to the FBI on October 30 last year and was under house arrest for six months.

Manafort faces only 18 counts in Virginia for failing to file the $ 75 million he received

Between 2006 and 2017, according to the act of Charge, Manafort worked for Yanukovych and other governments without communicating to the

The lawsuit against Manafort is the result of the investigation of the prosecutor's office in the United States of America. Robert Mueller on the alleged links between the Kremlin and members of the Trump campaign to interfere in the 2016 elections.

The charges against Manafort are not directly related to his activities as Trump's campaign leader between June and August 2016, although he was in contact with several oligarchs close to the Kremlin, like the millionaire Oleg Deripaska, according to the accusation