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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.

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