Print this page

Estimated reading time: 0 minutes, 31 seconds

Manafort Wants Out of Prison Because of Coronavirus

Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager who is serving a federal sentence for charges related to tax and mortgage fraud, is seeking early release due to worries about COVID-19. So reports Politico.

A letter from Manafort’s lawyer to the Federal Bureau of Investigation requested that he be allowed to serve out the rest of his seven and a half years in home confinement to avoid health risks from the new coronavirus.

In December, a New York judge dismissed additional state charges of mortgage fraud against Manafort, finding that the case violated the state’s double jeopardy laws.

Read the full article from Politico

Read 1380 times
Rate this item
(0 votes)