Mueller probe's first trial to take Manafort on Tuesday — and likely has nothing to do with Russia

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• The trial of President Donald Trump's onetime campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, will open on Tuesday.
• The trial will give the public its most detailed glimpse of evidence Mueller's team has spent the year accumulating.
• What's likely to be missing: answers about whether the Trump campaign coordinated with the Kremlin during the 2016 presidential election, or really any mention of Russia at all.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The trial of President Donald Trump's onetime campaign chairman will open this week with tales of lavish spending, secret shell companies and millions of dollars of Ukrainian money flowing through offshore bank accounts and into the political consultant's pocket.

What's likely to be missing: answers about whether the Trump campaign coordinated with the Kremlin during the 2016 presidential election, or really any mention of Russia at all.

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