A federal judge ordered Paul Manafort to jail Friday after revoking the former Trump campaign chairman’s bail.
Manafort appeared in court Friday after special counsel Robert Mueller asked a court to revoke Manafort’s pretrial release conditions due to his alleged attempted witness tampering.
Mueller filed a superseding indictment against Manafort, who was already facing multiple charges related to financial crime, accusing him of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Manafort has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
But prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington, D.C., to narrow restrictions on Manafort or send him to jail amid allegations that he tried to convince two potential witnesses to lie to investigators about lobbying work for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
The two witnesses reported Manafort’s alleged attempt to influence them to Mueller, according to The New York Times.
The decision to jail Manafort ahead of his trial in September could put pressure on him to cooperate with investigators examining the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia.
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JUST IN: Judge jails Manafort after accusations of witness tampering https://t.co/Cn7mLuq1NW pic.twitter.com/K2VuFHHAWT
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Trump on his former campaign manager, who also ran the critical delegate and convention process: "Manafort had nothing to do with my campaign."
— Caitlin Huey-Burns (@CHueyBurns) June 15, 2018
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