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USALiberal

(10,877 posts)
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 10:57 AM Jun 2018

What life is like for Paul Manafort in jail

Manafort was last seen wearing a navy pinstripe suit, crisp white shirt and burgundy tie in a federal courtroom in DC on Friday, the same courtroom he's appeared in almost a dozen times since his arrest in October. He had lived for the last eight months in his Alexandria, Virginia, condo under house arrest -- a circumstance so confined and uncomfortable, a doctor wrote to the judge regarding his conditions.

But court marshals had to follow the judge's order after a tense proceeding Friday morning. They took Manafort's belt, wallet and tie minutes after he was ordered into custody, leaving the man who once spent $130,000 at a clothing store in Beverly Hills without the comforts he'd entered the building wearing.

Then, Manafort disappeared. Suddenly under custody of the US Marshals Service, Manafort was taken into the back halls and basement of the courthouse along Pennsylvania Avenue. His attorneys, wife and family friends had left the premises, and the more than 100 journalists, photographers, lawyers and spectators had long dissipated. Manafort stayed within that fortress-like building for more than five hours, unable to stride out on his own accord to the waiting Range Rover he'd relied on before.
Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw, Virginia, has him now—his name's listed among upwards of 500 people they're holding.

His housing unit listed on the jail's website: "VIP." He was the only inmate at the jail with that housing unit description as of Saturday.
The legal reason he's there is listed as a vague "federal statute" offense, according to the jail's online list of inmates. Manafort is technically there for witness tampering; he awaits his two trials in July and September after a federal judge revoked his bail for allegedly committing a crime since his arrest. He will still be tried for the offense. He has maintained his innocence in the face of 25 criminal charges that range from obstruction of justice and conspiracy, to foreign lobbying registration violations and bank fraud. A spokesman for Manafort declined to comment for this story.)

More at link:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/16/politics/paul-manafort-virginia-jail-life/index.html

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What life is like for Paul Manafort in jail (Original Post) USALiberal Jun 2018 OP
... greatauntoftriplets Jun 2018 #1
I agree! Deal with is snowflake. nt USALiberal Jun 2018 #3
Let us all shed a tear for poor Paul Manafort gratuitous Jun 2018 #2
+1000! nt USALiberal Jun 2018 #4
If he's the only person under administrative segregation (VIP) then will he not be around anyone? herding cats Jun 2018 #5
Good info! nt USALiberal Jun 2018 #6

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
2. Let us all shed a tear for poor Paul Manafort
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 11:02 AM
Jun 2018

Unjustly tossed into an uncaring prison system for the so-called "crime" of witness tampering while out on bail on vague, indefinite charges like obstruction of justice, conspiracy and bank fraud. Weep, America!

Meanwhile, nearly 2,000 children (that we know about) are safely tucked away from any malignant influences (like their parents and siblings) by the wise and benevolent Donald Trump for daring to try to escape war and violence in their own countries.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
5. If he's the only person under administrative segregation (VIP) then will he not be around anyone?
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 11:19 AM
Jun 2018

His yard/exercise time will be as solitary as his confinement then? Considering the people who I'm sure want him silenced, this is probably for the better I'd think. Beyond what visitation he's allowed (from behind glass) he'll be spending his time in what amounts to solitary confinement.

I hope it gives him a little glimpse into what his future is going to be like.

His hair color is going to have grown out quite a bit by September. I wonder how he's going to like being photographed in public with his roots showing and in a prison jumpsuit?

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