Manafort to ask federal judge to exclude evidence from FBI raids: report

Source: The Hill

President Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, will ask a judge on Wednesday to suppress evidence gathered by FBI agents in the case against him as he faces charges of money laundering and tax fraud.

Reuters reports that Manafort is requesting that the court toss out evidence gathered during last year's FBI raid of his Virginia home, and specifically documents from his consulting business stored in a locker that was unlocked by a lower-level staffer during the raid.

Manafort has made a number of moves to challenge the legality of the case against him, including questioning special counsel Robert Mueller's authority under the Justice Department memo laying out the scope of the investigation into Russian election meddling and possible collusion between Trump's campaign and Moscow.

The former Trump aide has also asked the judge to throw out a number of charges, including money laundering, that relate to his work lobbying for pro-Russian political parties in Ukraine. None of Manafort's charges stem from his actions during the 2016 election.

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