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Judge Orders Paul Manafort Detained Amid Witness Tampering Allegations
A federal judge ordered Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, to jail on Friday following allegations by prosecutors that he tampered with witnesses in his case.
"You've abused the trust placed in you six months ago," said Judge Amy Berman Jackson. "I thought about this long and hard, Mr. Manafort. I have no appetite for this."
But Berman Jackson said she could not turn a blind eye to the charges that Manafort had attempted to contact witnesses in his case after he was on bail for other alleged crimes.
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/15/620000795/judge-to-decide-whether-manafort-facing-witness-tampering-charges-is-locked-up
