A Manhattan federal judge on Monday set an Oct. 5 trial date in the case of Lev Parnas and another former associate of Rudy Giuliani charged with trying to illegally funnel foreign money into U.S. elections.

U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken of the Southern District of New York blocked out three weeks for trial in the criminal campaign-finance case, which has loomed over the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

Parnas and Igor Fruman, two foreign-born businessmen with ties to Giuliani, are accused along with two other men in a scheme prop up candidates for state and federal office in order to buy political influence in the U.S. All four defendants have pleaded not guilty and are currently free on bond.