Paul Manafort Reaches Bail Deal With Mueller

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By TIERNEY SNEED Published NOVEMBER 30, 2017 1:16 PM

A month after turning himself in for charges he faces connected to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort reached a bail deal with Mueller’s team, according to court documents filed by Manafort’s lawyers Thursday.

Manafort’s lawyers are now seeking for a federal judge to approve of his release under the conditions laid out in the court filing. Manafort has offered Mueller as bail four of his real estate properties in New York, Virginia, and Floridia, which his lawyers claimed were worth a total of $11.65 million.

Additionally, Manafort and his wife have agreed not to travel internationally, and Manafort would also limit his domestic travel to Florida, Virginia, New York and the District of Columbia. For any additional domestic travel, Manafort would seek the permission of the court, his lawyers said.

A separate court document filed by his lawyers Thursday indicated that Manafort had offered Mueller’s team two people who who can serve as sureties if the value of the real estate drops below the $10 million the government is seeking in bail.

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[jberryhill]

1. He'll skip out anyway

Losing those assets is not going to be a big deal for him.

[Achilleaze]

31. + 1

He knows IOKIYAR, and is laughing his ass off at how he and republican Comrade Casino, and republican and russian cronies, suckered America in such an outright evil way..

[wcmagumba]

2. I agree...

he gone....

[Wwcd]

3. "Offered two people who who can serve as sureties"

Trump and someone ?

Bye america, hello russia.
He'll be gone before the ink has dried.

[More_Cowbell]

6. The sureties are his wife and daughter

https://www.scribd.com/document/365970736/11-30-17-Manafort-Motion-to-Modify-Release-Conditions

[Wwcd]

10. Who are already packing for the next private jet outta town

I trust Mueller has all he needs to get the entire Trump fam & those Congress & Senators who grabbed the Kremlin cash.

[paleotn]

25. Hostages?

[lapfog_1]

4. Guy I know here in CA

stole a "bait trailer" (police set out an "abandoned" trailer hoping someone would hitch it up and take it, this guy was stupid enough to do it).

It's a felony charge (Grand Theft Auto).

He has to wear an ankle tracker and he can't travel anywhere other than work to home until his trial.

So Manafort is guilty of at least a couple of major felonies (tax fraud, lying on his Foreign Agents Registration forms) and he gets to travel all over the place?

[lagomorph777]

5. Wow, I am sure Mueller got more than deeds to real estate in exchange.

And this doesn't say the ankle bracelet is gone.

Manafort has flipped. Mueller would NEVER let his prey escape without a price.

[More_Cowbell]

8. Manafort's filing says "to be clear, GPS monitoring was never sought nor requested by either party"

https://www.scribd.com/document/365970736/11-30-17-Manafort-Motion-to-Modify-Release-Conditions

Of course that IS just his filing.

I imagine Mueller has turned on the higher people in exchange for a lesser charge, one that he doesn't mind serving. But I guess we'll see if he has other passports that he didn't turn over!

[mobeau69]

11. Manafort n/t

[old guy]

7. Money talks and BS walks.

Very disappointing.

[Honeycombe8]

9. Release? He's not in jail, is he? I don't think so. He's in house arrest.

There really is two Americas. One for the rich, one for the middle class and poor.

[getagrip_already]

13. even the poor...

have a right to bail unless the crimes they are accused of make them a safety threat.

Of course, not everyone can come up with $10M in assets to use as collateral. If you are poor, you probably can't even afford a $2000 bond.

But in this case, where he is a flight risk, he should be in a fed holding cell, not house arrest. Certainly anyone else would be.

[getagrip_already]

12. I sure hope..

The judge limits him to surface transport only and puts all airports and fields off limits. Plus a tracking bracelet.

Unfortunately, once he boards a private jet, thee is no way to stop him from leaving the country. The military would never get approval to intercept his plane. He is as good as gone the moment the wheels leave the ground.

[Cheviteau]

19. Leaving On A Jet Plane?

Any pilot who flies him out of the country will never again fly in U.S. controlled airspace. I suspect pilots are aware of this. Plus, any pilot ignoring orders from the military is taking an enormous chance with life and limb. Mueller knows what he's doing. I hope.

[getagrip_already]

22. pilots on charter or private planes sometimes don't know who they are flying...

and a pilot for a russian oligarch wouldn't care either way.

Our military won't shoot it down. That would take trumps ok, and what do you think he would say?

[Lars39]

30. Yacht taken to international waters

would be a go around. Is that oligarch’s heavily guarded yahct still here?

[getagrip_already]

32. the coast guard could board it or force it back to port....

Done all the time. They have standing authority and if contacted by any agency they could stop ship without any further auth.

Not so much shooting down a plane. Moving a military assett like a fighter would take trumps approval. it isn't done, even for drug interdictions.

[Lars39]

33. I figure Manafort will have too many agents

near him to be able to flee by any means.

[SunSeeker]

14. Wow, that is really disappointing. Looks like he didn't flip, and will likely skip the country now.

[bluestarone]

15. so if he leaves the country does he lose all that put up for bond? or

does he lose all this ONLY if he doesn't show for court date? i'm thinking he loses nothing for leaving the country, as long as he makes it to court when he;s supposed too? or am i thinking wrong here?

[Cheviteau]

20. Bonds Are Conditioned

Once the terms have been violated, the bond securities are forfeited if the prosecution wants to enforce those terms. At least that's the way it works in state courts.

[getagrip_already]

23. but he stands to lose all that property anyway....

muehler is going after everything he owns, and in any case, he can't use it in prison. So what is he giving up really?

[SoCalMusicLover]

16. THIS Is Who The Drumpf Tax Increase Will Help

Times are tough for ol' Manny. Has to put up 4 pieces of real estate worth over $11 Million.

Scumbag.

[More_Cowbell]

17. I trust Mueller

I'm certain that he knows, down to the penny, how much money Manafort has and where it's located.

The timing makes me wonder if Manafort flipped on Flynn and this is his reward.

[ffr]

18. Guilty of conspiracy against the United States.

Yeah, he should be free to roam as he wishes.

LOCK HIM UP!

[sinkingfeeling]

21. I think he'll exit the country.

[bluestarone]

24. my thoughts too

[DonCoquixote]

26. this guy will be toast

Vlad Rasputin probably has people on the case, and if not Erik prince probably does. if he leaves the country, he is as doomed as any convict in Texas death row.

[bluestarone]

27. never thought but i bet

your right HE KNOWS TOO MUCH

[nocalflea]

28. I can't imagine the russkies want him.

Their all about deniability and Manafort is just another tool.

The Ukranians want to put him on trial.

Will anyone take him ?

Let him run and find out who his friends are.

[Tatiana]

29. He'll probably stay put for now.

If he did leave the country, he'd probably be signing his own death warrant.

Putin would rather have him dead than talking.