Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort ordered to jail over witness-tampering charges

[KenH]

“Manafort will be jailed after being accused of witness tampering while awaiting trial on federal conspiracy and money laundering charges brought by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.”

Manafort ordered to jail after witness-tampering charges

 

[Revmitchell]

From the op:

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Last month, Ellis blasted the special counsel's team, suggesting federal investigators are only after Manafort to find information on Trump.

"You don't really care about Mr. Manafort,” U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III told Mueller’s team. “You really care about what information Mr. Manafort can give you to lead you to Mr. Trump and an impeachment, or whatever."

He added: "C'mon man!"

 

[Aaron]

"Manafort’s attorneys have denied the tampering allegations and accused prosecutors of conjuring charges to pressure him to flip his plea and turn against Trump and his associates."

I believe that.

 

[777]

99.9999% chance this is politically motivated - Obama appointee judge, pressure on Mueller to do something, and it helps change the subject back to Russia. It may fool a few.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

They probably won’t let him wear his hairpiece in prison and tanning beds are out. What to do what to do???

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

"Manafort’s attorneys have denied the tampering allegations and accused prosecutors of conjuring charges to pressure him to flip his plea and turn against Trump and his associates."

I believe that.

I’m fairly certain that the Taxi King...Mike Cohen is conserved right now.

 

[Adonia]

And the man who put him in jail was notorious pitbull Andrew Weissman. This guy is as rotten as they come, an unethical prosecutor from the get go. In previous cases he has been involved in he withheld evidence from the defense and his convictions in a couple of cases were overturned on appeal. This is nothing less than turning up the heat on Manafort, a man who is certainly entitled a reasonable bail.

 

[KenH]

He was on bail. He tampered with witnesses while on bail. Off to the slammer he goes.

 

[Aaron]

He was on bail. He tampered with witnesses while on bail.

He says he didn't. How do you know otherwise?

 

[Adonia]

He was on bail. He tampered with witnesses while on bail. Off to the slammer he goes.

Nobody ever goes to jail while awaiting trial. He is as innocent as you and I until conviction and a reasonable bail amount is the norm. On this situation famed liberal law professor Alan Dershowitz agrees with me.

 

[KenH]

“The judicial officer shall order the pretrial release of the person on personal recognizance, or upon execution of an unsecured appearance bond in an amount specified by the court, subject to the condition that the person not commit a Federal, State, or local crime during the period of release...”

18 U.S. Code § 3142 - Release or detention of a defendant pending trial