Mueller urges judge to deny Manafort's request to lift house arrest
By Olivia Beavers - 12/04/17 05:29 PM EST
Special counsel Robert Mueller asked a federal judge to deny Paul Manafort's request to release him from house arrest, pointing to a draft of an op-ed the former Trump campaign manager ghostwrote with an associate tied to Russian intelligence, according to court filings.
A prosecutor working on Mueller's team argued that the request should be denied because the op-ed, if it had been published, would've violated a court order not to publicly discuss the case.
Prosecutors say Manafort and the colleague — who is “assessed to have ties†with Russian intelligence — intended to publish the piece under a different name in an attempt to influence public opinion about Manafort’s previous work in Ukraine.
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