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Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who was sentenced earlier this year to four years in prison for tax and bank fraud related to his work advising Ukrainian politicians, will be transferred later this week from a minimum security facility in Pennsylvania to New York Citys Rikers Island, a source close to Manafort told Fox News.
Rikers Island is the famous jail in the shadow of LaGuardia Airport. It has been the temporary home of some of the most high-profile violent criminals in the city, including David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam; and Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon.
"Hes not a mob boss," the source close to Manafort said.
A New York State judge ordered the transfer at the request of New York City District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr. He will be held in solitary confinement for his own protection, the source said. The move is expected to happen as early as Thursday.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-orders-paul-manafort-to-be-transferred-to-new-york-citys-notorious-rikers-island/ar-AAClTTp?li=BBnbcA1
Of course he's not a mob boss. He's a consigliere.
ADX
(1,622 posts)...requesting that he be housed at Rikers smacks of a publicity stunt by the D.A. It would be much easier and more convenient for all involved if Manafort were to be held at MCC in downtown Manhattan, which is almost literally steps away from the Federal Courthouse where he'll be tried...
BlueWI
(1,736 posts)but white collar criminals usually benefit from preferential treatment in the system. This case is an exception.
Cattledog
(5,914 posts)Celerity
(43,314 posts)He will crack, I agree.
He should have chosen Norway to break the law.
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)I hope the silk/linen prison uniforms are up to his standards!
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)Oh, wait...
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)Why put the squeeze on him now?
Xolodno
(6,390 posts)For everyone else who hasn't been charged....yet. No Club Fed for Wall Street crimes, instead, treated like mobsters for which they are.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)was the possibility for more information.