March 20 (UPI) -- Prosecutors with special counsel Robert Mueller's team have asked a judge for an April 1 extension to respond to a request to unseal documents concerning the Paul Manafort criminal trial.
In the three-page filing Tuesday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Deputy Solicitor General Michael. R. Dreeben and prosecutor Adam C. Jed asked judge Amy Berman Jackson for an 11-day extension, citing "the counsel responsible for preparing the response face the press of other work and require additional time to consult within the government."