Paul Manafort Released To Home Confinement

May 13, 2020 Coronavirus, Trump Corruption

Paul Manafort, the imprisoned former campaign chairman for President Donald Trump, was released to home confinement for the remainder of his sentence Wednesday amid concerns he could contract coronavirus in federal prison, a person familiar with his case confirmed to NBC News.

Manafort’s release follows a request from his attorneys to the Federal Bureau of Prisons that he be released due to underlying health concerns and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 71-year-old veteran GOP operative had been staying at Federal Correctional Institution Loretto, Pennsylvania, since he was sentenced last March to seven-and-a-half years in prison.

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— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 13, 2020