A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a motion from 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 to move his Virginia trial further from the Washington, D.C., media market.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis denied a motion filed by Manafort's attorneys to move the Virginia trial, scheduled for later this month, from Alexandria, Va., to Roanoke, Va., because his attorneys claimed that relentless media coverage of his role in the Trump campaign and the Russia investigation would taint a potential juror pool.

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"The mere fact that a case has drawn substantial media attention does not, by itself, warrant a change in venue," Ellis wrote in his ruling.

Manafort faces charges of bank fraud and money laundering, as well as lobbying law violations over his work for pro-Russia political parties in Ukraine prior to joining the Trump campaign. He has pleaded not guilty, but a former business associate pleaded guilty to similar charges earlier this year.

His attorneys had previously argued that the trial "may be the rare case where a juror’s predisposition may directly tie to their vote in the last presidential election" in his bid to move the trial to Roanoke.

"It is not a stretch to expect that voters who supported [former] Secretary [of State Hillary] Clinton would be predisposed against Mr. Manafort or that voters who supported 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 would be less inclined toward the Special Counsel,” the attorneys wrote in a court filing arguing for Roanoke's more even distribution of Republican and Democratic voters.

Manafort has denied any wrongdoing, and none of the charges filed against him by 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 special counsel's office relate to allegations of collusion with Russia or any crimes committed during the 2016 presidential election.

He remains in jail after a judge ordered him detained last month for violating the terms of his bail by allegedly attempting to tamper with a witness.