Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, appeared in court in a wheelchair on Friday to learn the date of his sentencing.

Manafort was convicted of eight bank and tax fraud convictions in the summer and has been in a local Virginia jail ever since waiting to be sentenced.

The former political consultant was brought into the court in a wheelchair with his right foot bandaged and elevated and did not rise when the judge presiding over his case addressed him.

He was wearing a prison jumpsuit that read "Alexandria inmate" after previously being refused permission to appear in a suit.

Manafort's lawyer Kevin Downing told Judge TS Ellis that there are “significant issues with Manafort’s health right now that have to do with his confinement”.