Judge worried Manafort could pose flight risk

[DonViejo]

BY JONATHAN EASLEY - 11/02/17 02:53 PM EDT

U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort could be a flight risk on Thursday as she mulled requests to loosen the conditions of his house arrest.

The judge set a bond hearing for Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. to discuss a request made by Manafort’s lawyers to remove a GPS monitoring system and to allow him to move about more freely. “The charges are significant and his ties and assets abroad are significant so I have concerns about flight,” Berman said.

Manafort is under house arrest with $10 million unsecured bond that would become due should he violate court orders or flee the country. The federal government has asked for an enhanced bail package that includes real estate property. Berman signaled that she does not believe the current bond is sufficient.

“I am very concerned that the bond is not sufficient or that a bond without monitoring would be sufficient,” she said. “We don’t need to have them under lock and key 24-7, but if they leave we need to know where they went.”

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[Sneederbunk]

1. You mean you are suspicious of a man with 3 passports?

He has probably been outside the country a couple of times since his arraignment.

[gratuitous]

2. Oh, I think Manafort DOES need to be under lock and key 24-7

Three passports (that we know about), international travel under various assumed names, and launderer of big gobs of money all over the planet. I wouldn't leave him unmonitored for five minutes, let alone allowed to roam freely with nothing but a GPS unit keeping tabs on his weaselly carcass.

[hedda_foil]

3. His bond is unsecured????? Doesn't that mean he didn't have to fork out the cash for it?

So he could get brand new high quality forged documents and take off for Moscow?