Paul Manafort pleads not guilty after new round of Russia probe charges

United States President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to a new indictment brought against him in the Russia investigation and will face trial in September.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson set Manafort's trial to start on September 17 in the US district court for the District of Columbia.

Manafort pleaded not guilty to a revised, five-count indictment in Washington.

He is scheduled to enter the second plea on Friday afternoon in federal court in Alexandria, where he faces 18 new and modified charges, reported the Washington Post.