Alexandria, Virginia( CNN) A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, awarded the request Monday for five witness to witness with immunity in the criminal trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, the first trial in the Russia investigation by special counseling Robert Mueller.
Ellis will begin meeting jurors this week as scheduled. When jury selection begins, one question potential jurors will not be asked is how they voted in the 2016 presidential election.
“Of course people can be fair and impartial no matter who they voted for, ” Ellis said.
