White House counselor Kellyanne Conway Kellyanne Elizabeth ConwaySpecial counsel investigating DeVos for potential Hatch Act violation: report George and Kellyanne Conway honor Ginsburg Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE said Tuesday that the trial for 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 has nothing to do with President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE's 2016 presidential campaign.

"This trial obviously centers on matters that have nothing to do with the campaign," Conway said on "Fox & Friends."

"I think that even Mr. Manafort as I read it had requested that there be no mention of his brief tenure at the Trump campaign."

.@KellyannePolls: “This trial obviously centers on matters that have nothing to do with the campaign.” pic.twitter.com/H0inGwkCdZ — Fox News (@FoxNews) July 31, 2018

Conway's comments came the day Manafort’s trial on bank and tax fraud is set to begin. It is the first trial prompted by 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's broad investigation into Russia's election interference in the 2016 election.

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Manafort spent five months in 2016 working on Trump's presidential campaign. He helped lead campaign efforts through the last few primaries and the Republican convention. He was also in attendance at the Trump Tower meeting in 2016 with a Kremlin-connected lawyer.

The judge in the trial has limited trial references to the other issue Mueller is investigating — possible collusion between Russians and the Trump campaign.

Manafort is accused of money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent, which allegedly occurred before he joined President Trump's campaign.

He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

On Monday, Mueller said in a court filing that Manafort earned more than $60 million working for Russia-backed Ukraine politicians. It was the first time a tally of Manafort's earnings in Ukraine had been revealed.

The trial for Manafort also comes as Trump levels increasing attacks against Mueller's investigation. The president has repeatedly labeled the probe a "witch hunt" and said there was "no collusion." He's also said that Manafort only worked on the Trump campaign for a brief amount of time.

This week, both Trump and his lead attorney in the Russia probe, Rudy Giuliani, have said that collusion is not a crime.

"Collusion is not a crime, but that doesn’t matter because there was No Collusion (except by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats)!" Trump tweeted on Tuesday.