Manafort released to home confinement

[KewlKat]

Manafort released due to COVID 19

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was transferred Wednesday to home confinement after he requested release because of the threat COVID-19 poses to his health, his lawyer, Kevin Downing, confirmed to CBS News.

CBS News was told that early Wednesday morning two family members including his wife picked up Manafort at LCI Loretto, the low-security federal prison in Pennsylvania where he has been serving his term.

In March 2019, Manafort was sentenced to a total of 90 months — or 7.5 years — in two separate cases involving tax and bank fraud and related charges.


Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-manafort-granted-home-confinement-due-to-coronavirus-threat-in-prison/

[underpants]

1. Not surprised

On several levels really.

[KewlKat]

3. They refused to allow Cohen on the same issue...guess he should have kept his mouth shut.

Others are rewarded for bad behavior and lying.

[dsc]

8. according to the article Cohen is being sent home end of May

I actually am OK with this for the duration of COVID but not for the rest of his sentence.

[KewlKat]

9. The duration of COVID will last until a vaccine and that's now happening soon.

[dsc]

10. I am thinking that it should be far less than 7 years

which is what his sentence is.

[Throck]

2. Who next? Charles Manson?

[JenniferJuniper]

7. Charlie is quite dead.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. He'll violate his conditions. Count on it.

Rules are for suckers.

[KewlKat]

5. And no one will hold him accountable. He was in a low level prison...

If it’s that risky there, what about a higher level? Money has privileges.

[Hugin]

6. Can this be used as precedence for high risk workers to not Die for the Dow?

In hearings?

Asking for a friend.

[KewlKat]

11. Have no idea.