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Special counsel urges judge to deny Paul Manafort's request to lift home arrest, says he recently ghostwrote draft op-ed with a Russian tied to intelligence services - court filing
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I saw they asked for some time last week, apparently this is why.
Manafort isn't going to be leaving his house soon I predict.
In court filings, a prosecutor working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team said Manafort's request to lift his house arrest should be denied because, had it been published, the draft opinion piece would have violated a court order not to publicly discuss the case.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1DY2QX
Link to Mueller's full briefing: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4321216/Manafort-Doj-Bail-20171204.pdf
From the above link:
blitzen
(4,572 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)I'm honestly shocked that he was this stupid.
no_hypocrisy
(46,250 posts)And his sworn testimony is needed to explain what happened with Russia and Trump.
He's too valuable to allow him to go out of pocket.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)If Manafort isn't under surveillance 24-7 (and I think the home arrest ankle bracelet is insufficient, he should be in custody), he will be on a flight out of the country as soon as he can pack a bag.
herding cats
(19,569 posts)Apparently he decided to fashion it into a noose?
yodermon
(6,143 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)I updated the OP with the link to the briefing I found in that thread!
monmouth4
(9,711 posts)ecstatic
(32,755 posts)their arrogance and treason.
Thunderbeast
(3,425 posts)that his contacts were all about false passports and a Gulfstream disappearing into the dark of night. $12Million bond is peanuts to Vladamir. Manafort would no longer need the properies while rotting in jail anyway. After prosecution, the houses should be forfeited as ill-gotten gains.
He is trying to leave. Put him in jail!
BigmanPigman
(51,646 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)He's an idiot for thinking he'd get away with this.