EXCLUSIVE: Paul Manafort relishes his freedom after being released six years early over coronavirus fears - breaking quarantine and playing with his grandchild (but wearing an ankle bracelet) WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been released from prison and is now in home confinement as … Paul Manafort released to home confinement amid coronavirus threat in prison.
Sharon LaFraniere contributed reporting from Washington, and Maggie Haberman and William K. Rashbaum from New York.Some inmates and staff at the Otisville prison have tested positive for the coronavirus and have since recovered, but it has not been as widespread there as it has been at other detention centers.Paul Manafort, who had been serving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence in Pennsylvania for fraud, is among the prisoners released over the spreading coronavirus.“I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family,” Mr. Trump said at the time. Many others lack legal help and connections to … He was slated to be released from prison November 4, 2024. Manafort has served just under 30% of his prison sentence, however prison officials have wide latitude when considering these releases on a case-by-case basis.Last month the Justice Department issued a clarification regarding its policy on releasing certain inmates into home confinement, after a series of conflicting messages sparked confusion and uncertainty among prisoners, attorneys and federal courts.In December, Manafort was hospitalized for several days due to what sources described as a “cardiac event.” He recovered at a local Pennsylvania hospital under the supervision of correctional officers.
legal. The agency had the “discretion to deviate from the sentencing thresholds under certain circumstances” and has done so in other cases.As of Tuesday, 2,818 federal inmates and 262 BOP staff members had positive test results for COVID-19 at federal prisons across the country. Paul Manafort was released from federal prison to home confinement early Wednesday morning due to concerns about coronavirus exposure, his attorney Todd Blanche tells NPR. "My main interest is making sure that they're safe to the community and that the situation they're going into is likely to be safer than staying where they are where they have ready access to doctors and we can keep them in isolation," Barr said at the time.The decision to move Manafort to home confinement comes after his attorneys wrote a letter to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) last month requesting that he be immediately transferred to home confinement because he is at high risk of contracting COVID-19 because of his age and pre-existing conditions.Manafort was released from FCI Loretto in central Pennsylvania early Wednesday morning, the two sources said.Attorney General Bill Barr’s directive referenced in the letter encouraged the federal prison system to increase the use of home confinement for prisoners deemed in the “at risk” categories for coronavirus.Manafort joined the Trump campaign in March 2016 as the campaign's convention manager. Manafort, 71, was let out Wednesday morning from FCI … “Such respect for a brave man!”WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, was released from prison on Wednesday and granted confinement in his home in Northern Virginia because of the coronavirus pandemic, said one of his lawyers, Todd Blanche.A person familiar with the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly about it said the Bureau of Prisons decided to release Mr. Manafort to home confinement because of his underlying health conditions, even though he did not meet a time-served threshold.
President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was released from prison early Wednesday because of the coronavirus crisis, his attorney told The Post.