U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Friday she is willing to approve Paul Manafort's $10 million bond and release him from house arrest as long as he meets certain conditions. The indicted former Trump campaign chairman has been confined since October 30th.
In her order, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said to be released from home confinement, Manafort must execute documents agreeing to forfeit four properties, including two in New York, one in Alexandria, Virginia, and his Florida home.
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In case the forfeited properties do not raise $10 million, the judge said, Manafort’s wife, Kathleen, has deposited $5 million in an account and his daughter Andrea Manafort Shand, $2 million in a separate account, to make up any difference. The assets cannot be touched without a court order.
Once in Florida, Manafort must stay within the area, unless he is traveling to Washington for court appearances or meetings with counsel, according to the order. He needs permission for any other domestic travel and cannot leave the country.
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The judge is allowing Manafort to live in his home in Florida and come and go while he awaits trial. He will remain on GPS monitoring and have to get court permission to travel outside two south Florida counties. He also will have a curfew.
Prosecutors held up Manafort's bail agreement about 10 days ago after discovering he had been helping write an op-ed designed to paint his Ukrainian political work in a positive light, a move in direct defiance of the judge's order that neither side attempt to influence public opinion.
U.S. judge to lift house arrest for former Trump campaign manager Manafort (Reuters)