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Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort has been released early from prison to home confinement over COVID-19 concerns

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was released from prison early over COVID-19 concerns, his lawyers confirmed to Insider. comes a little over a year into his serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence at FCI Loretto in Pennsylvania. Manafort was sentenced to prison in March 2019 after being convicted of and pleading guilty to multiple federal charges between two separate cases that unfolded as part of Mueller's Russia investigation.

Manafort was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison in March 2019 after being convicted on multiple federal charges between two separate cases that unfolded as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. by a jury in Virginia in August of 2018. He also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice and one count of conspiracy against the US in a case run out of the DC US Attorney's office.

Even after being sentenced to federal prison, state-level prosecutors in New York and Virginia began considering prosecuting Manafort on additional state charges. In March of 2019, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. initiated a case that resulted in a grand juryBut in December 2019, a New York federal judge

, ruling that violated "double jeopardy" rules that protect defendants from being charged with the same crimes twice. but has since recovered. Do you have a personal experience with the coronavirus you'd like to share? Or a tip on how your town or community is handling the pandemic? Please emailfrom Business Insider Intelligence on how COVID-19 is affecting industries.

 

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So, how do you think that happened Trump’s buddy Manafort at home, and Cohen (who helped the Government) still in prison

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