I KNOW PAUL IS A DANGER TO SOCIETY. WE'VE ALREADY RELEASED SOME REAL CRIMINALS. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HERE. MANAFORT JUST WANTS TO DYE HIS HAIR AND WATCH TELEVISION.
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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been transferred to home confinement after he sought the transfer due to the health risk in prison from coronavirus, Fox News has confirmed.
Manafort, 70, was serving his sentence at FCI Loretto, a low-security federal prison in Loretto, Pa.
"Manafort met all the criteria except for length of sentence served but because of age and vulnerability of the inmate due to underlying health issues, BOP used its discretion to move him to home confinement," a person familiar with the process told Fox News Wednesday.
The criteria for consideration for home confinement typically includes having just 18 months left in a sentence.
PAUL MANAFORT SENTENCED ON FOREIGN LOBBYING AND WITNESS TAMPERING CHARGES
Manafort's attorney, Todd Blanche, also confirmed that Manafort had been released.
"He is on his way home on home confinement. He will be with his wife in [Virginia]. He is obviously relieved," Blanche told Fox News on Wednesday.
In March 2019, Manafort was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty to foreign lobbying and witness tampering, as well as tax fraud and conspiracy.
Manafort has faced health challenges throughout his time in prison, and was hospitalized in December due to a cardiac event. Before he was sentenced, Manafort’s legal team had argued that his health challenges contributed to his misstatements in the case brought against him by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
MORE HERE: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/manafort-home-confinement-coronavirus
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