Paul Manafort, Rick Gates to remain on house arrest with movements tracked by GPS, judge orders
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Source: USA Today
WASHINGTON Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates will remain under house arrest and their movements will be tracked by GPS devices until they offer up more bail money to assure their future appearances in court, a federal judge ordered Monday.
Federal prosecutors, who have leveled a 12-count indictment alleging a complex money laundering and tax fraud conspiracy, said they were "close" to reaching an agreement with the men's lawyers to let them out. But U.S. District Judge Amy Jackson said the terms their release would not be eased until bail packages for both men were approved by the court.
"We are not talking about dangerousness," Jackson said in a brief hearing Monday morning. "We're talking about (the risk of) flight."
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But the judge said she might let them out of house arrest in a little bit.
Jackson said she was "inclined" to eventually let both Manafort and Gates out of home confinement, and was even open to allowing them to travel within the United States so they could continue their consulting work, but not overseas. "No international travel is going to be a condition of this release," she said.
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