A federal judge on Tuesday declined to dismiss the case brought against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort Paul John ManafortOur Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Bannon trial date set in alleged border wall scam Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE in Virginia.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III denied Manafort's motion in a court filing, finding no merit in Manafort's argument that special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE did not have authority to charge him with a crime.

Manafort was ordered to jail earlier this month for allegedly violating the terms of his bail agreement by attempting to tamper with witnesses in Mueller's probe.

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Ellis rejected Manafort's assertion that Mueller exceeded the bounds of his intended scope when he charged the former Trump aide with a slew of financial-related crimes regarding his lobbying work for pro-Russia political parties in Ukraine, and unrelated to the campaign.

Mueller, Ellis wrote, is not limited to investigating "federal crimes concerning election interference or collusion."

Manafort is charged with money laundering, bank fraud and failing to register as a foreign lobbyist. His trial date is scheduled for July 24 in Virginia, and he also faces charges in Washington, D.C., in a case scheduled to go to trial in September.

The former Trump campaign chairman is accused of running a scheme along with a former business associate, Richard Gates, to hide money made from lobbying activities in Ukraine from U.S. authorities by disguising the payments as loans from offshore U.S. entities. Mueller's team of prosecutors also alleges that Manafort and Gates were involved in a plot to fraudulently secure "more than twenty million dollars in loans,” according to the indictment.

Manafort also faces a forfeiture claim related to the charges that could cost him as much as $30 million, calling upon him to forfeit “any property, real or personal, which constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to the offense(s) of conviction” upon conviction.

Gates pleaded guilty earlier this year to the charges against him, while Manafort has denied any wrongdoing.

The White House has sought to downplay Manafort's role in the Trump campaign.

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Still, Manafort's attorneys say they worry his association to the president will taint jurors' views, and earlier this month asked a judge to bar any mention of President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE from the Virginia court proceedings.