A US judge has delayed setting a trial date for President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, who faces charges stemming from a special counsel's probe of allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Defence lawyers said the government had not produced all the evidence it gathered and they needed more time to study it and file motions.
"We have limited resources," Manafort lawyer Kevin Downing said. "We're not big law firms."
The government had sought a May start to the trial. But Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that a trial for Manafort and his business partner Richard Gates might not start until September.
She admonished Gates and his lawyers for violating a gag order that prohibited discussing the case with the press, but agreed to release Gates from home confinement.
In exchange, he agreed to post a $US5 million bond, abide by a curfew and wear an electronic monitoring device.
Manafort and Gates face charges that include failing to register as foreign agents for political work they did for a pro-Russia Ukrainian political party, as well as conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy against the United States.
Trump has denied any collusion, and Russia has denied meddling in the election.
Manafort has also denied any wrongdoing.
Earlier this month, his lawyers took the unusual step of filing a civil lawsuit against Mueller, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and the Justice Department, accusing them of legal overreach.
The suit asks that the indictment be dismissed because it alleges conduct that falls outside the bounds of what Mueller is permitted to investigate.
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