A judge is expected on Friday to consider whether an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer,
Rudy Giuliani, should remain under house arrest while he awaits trial on charges of illegally funneling money to a pro-Trump
election committee and other politicians.
A lawyer for Igor Fruman, a Belarus-born businessman, is scheduled to appear before U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan to argue that his client should be allowed to move more freely.
Fruman, who lives in
Florida, is not expected to appear.