A pool of 70 potential jurors are under consideration for the fraud trial of 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.

The group on Tuesday filled out questionnaires aimed at assessing their potential biases in the case, according to multiple reports.

The questionnaires were designed to assess whether the jurors can be impartial about a case that mainstream media outlets have been reporting on for months, ABC reported.

Questionnaires did not ask who jurors voted for, but did attempt to assess if partisan predispositions could interfere in the potential jurors' ability to separate politics from the legal case.

"We’re not going to inquire into how people voted," District Judge T.S. Ellis told lawyers at a legal conference on Monday, according to Bloomberg News . "People can be fair and impartial no matter who they voted for."

Jury selection for the Virginia trial begins next Wednesday. The questionnaires will help both sides decide which jurors to choose or challenge in what is expected to be a quick process.

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Ellis on Monday also barred prosecutors from mentioning 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 or Russia in the courtroom. He told the prosecution that they cannot mention "collusion" or "Russia" when they present evidence against Manafort, whose trial is scheduled for July 31.

Manafort is being accused of bank fraud, money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent with the Justice Department. Though his trial is the the first resulting from Mueller's broad probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, all of the charges Manafort is facing in two trials taking place in Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, Va., occurred before he worked on Trump's campaign.

Manafort has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

"We don’t intend to mention alleged collusion with the Russians," Prosecutor Greg Andres said, according to NBC news. He said only "a very small portion of the trial" will mention collusion.