Special counsel Robert Mueller on Monday accused former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of trying to tamper with potential witnesses ahead of his trial before a federal court in Washington, D.C.
Prosecutors for the special counsel’s office have asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to “revoke or revise” the conditions of Manafort’s house arrest given the “violation,” per court documents, which could send him to jail as he awaits trial.
“That violation triggers a statutory presumption that no conditions or combinations of release conditions will assure the safety of the community and of others,” the filing reads.
Prosecutors allege Manafort “repeatedly contacted” two former employees who helped him with his political consultancy work in Ukraine.
He phoned them and sent them encrypted text messages, seeking assistance in securing “materially false testimony” about the Hapsburg group, a group of European leaders Manafort onced used in his lobbying efforts on behalf of Ukraine.
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Robert Mueller accuses Paul Manafort of tampering with potential witnesses https://t.co/ffAsP7sEod pic.twitter.com/mZgPKEGbc1
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 5, 2018
MANAFORT CALLED, TEXTED AND SENT ENCRYPTED MESSAGES TO TWO PEOPLE IN FEBRUARY TO "INFLUENCE THEIR TESTIMONY AND TO OTHERWISE CONCEAL EVIDENCE" – FBI STATEMENT FILED BY MUELLER (Reuters)
— chris zappone (@chrizap) June 5, 2018
That’s what happens when you hire the best people. https://t.co/Hng7N8ltLp
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) June 5, 2018
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