Manafort asks for early release, citing 'high risk of contracting COVID-19' in prison
By Rebecca Klar - 04/14/20 08:03 AM EDT
President Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, is asking to be released from prison early and serve the remainder of his 7-and-a-half year sentence at home due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Manafort’s attorney, Kevin Downing, asked the Federal Bureau of Prisons in a letter on Monday to release Manafort, saying his 71-year-old client is at “high risk†of getting COVID-19 due to his age and pre-existing health conditions, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Politico.
Downing requests that Manafort immediately be transferred to home confinement to serve the remainder of his sentence or for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic.
Downing said it is “only a matter of time†before the novel coronavirus spreads at the federal prison in Loretto, Pa. where Manafort is serving his term on charges of tax evasion, failing to report foreign bank accounts, witness tampering and engaging in unregistered lobbying for foreign interests.
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