Paul 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.
The order to imprison resident Trump’s
former campaign manager came Friday in a federal court hearing after
Manafort had been asking to post a $10 million bond and end seven months
of home detention.
It was not immediately clear
when Manafort would be imprisoned or where. Proceedings before U.S.
District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the District of Columbia were
ongoing.
The order marked the latest fall for
the political power broker and confidant of Republican presidents dating
to George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan.
Prosecutors
alleged that by committing a new crime while on release, Manafort
violated terms of his home confinement in Alexandria, Va., and they
asked the judge to revoke or revise it.
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