President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will reportedly not be transferred to the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City after Justice Department officials intervened to stop the move.
The New York Times reports Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen sent a letter to Manhattan prosecutors last week and that federal prison officials formally told the Manhattan district attorney’s office on Monday that Manafort would no longer be moved to Rikers. Previous reports had indicated Manafort would be transferred and kept in solitary confinement.
The Times reports Manafort is expected to remain in prison in Pennsylvania, where he is serving a 7 ½-year sentence, but that he could be held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan while awaiting trial.
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Top Justice Department officials characterized the deputy attorney general’s intervention as highly unusual but maintained to the Times that it was not inappropriate. State prosecutors and former Justice Department officials also told the Times they found it surprising the second-highest law enforcement official in the country would take interest in Manafort’s prison location.
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Trump admin intervenes to stop Manafort from being sent to Rikers Island in highly unusual move: report https://t.co/aH8Ta3EqHB pic.twitter.com/qc6MVwVJFN
— The Hill (@thehill) June 18, 2019
Bill Barr is going to be a name that goes down in utter infamy https://t.co/MU43MCcLNb
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 18, 2019
Bill Barr says he doesn't care about his legacy, and that "everybody dies." And that's fair: Life isn't a popularity contest. But when I'm gone, I'd like my wife, my daughter, and at least a handful of my fellow citizens to think I was something more than just a Mob lawyer.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 18, 2019
this is great that they are extending this courtesy to every inmate with health and personal safety issues regardless of wealth and influence https://t.co/gcjbgvI7vz
— darth™ (@darth) June 18, 2019
Across the board, amirite? https://t.co/eqgIdnKXJw
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 18, 2019
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