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URGENT – Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort released from prison due to coronavirus concerns

By CNN

Published May 13, 2020 7:10 AM

(CNN) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was released from prison Wednesday following a request by his lawyers due to the coronavirus pandemic, his attorney Kevin Downing said. Downing told CNN that Manafort is going to serve the rest of his term in home confinement after serving about a third of his sentence at a federal prison in Western Pennsylvania. Manafort has been in jail since June 2018. He is serving a 7. 5-year sentence for bank and tax fraud and foreign lobbying-related crimes.

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