Posted on 06/06/2018 2:10:49 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Former U.S. attorney Harry Litman said he expects President Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, to be sent to federal prison by the end of the week.
“Prosecutors hate this, judges hate this and he’s going to have to bring his toothbrush to court on Friday because the statute says, if they find this happened, there’s a presumption that no circumstances exist that will get him safely there for trial,” Litman said Tuesday on MSNBC.
“So there’s the real prospect that he now goes to jail, never to leave even until the end of his sentence.”
Litman's comments follow days after special counsel Robert Mueller said in a court filing that Manafort attempted to tamper with potential witnesses while on pretrial release. Mueller on Monday asked the court to revoke or revise his release conditions in the wake of the court filing.
Litman, who now lectures at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law, condemned Manafort's alleged actions on Tuesday.
"…[T]his is the stupidest thing that a defendant can do, this sort of witness tampering,” he told MSNBC. “He’s looking at being in prison, which is a very sort of focusing event, by Friday,” Litman continued.
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Yes, Trump has been planning to be president for a long time - but not that long.
I think Trump has been sending a message to Manafort for the last few weeks with the pardons he’s been handing out.
So I guess this guy was wrong; I didn’t hear anything about Manafort going to prison.
yup. and no on in the fake news will call him out.
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