(Bloomberg) -- Paul Manafort will have to stay in jail ahead of his money-laundering and obstruction of justice trial in Washington, which is scheduled to start Sept. 17.
The U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected Manafort's appeal of a judge's order sending him to jail before the trial, after Special Counsel Robert Mueller accused Donald Trump's former campaign chairman of attempting to tamper with witnesses.
An appeals court judge issued a 16-page ruling affirming the trial judge's order.
Manafort also faces tax and bank-fraud charges in Alexandria, Virginia. His trial on those charges begins Tuesday with jury selection.
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