Why aren't Gates and Manafort in jail?

[SHRED]

Is Mueller playing them?

Otherwise I don't get it.

[L. Coyote]

1. They made bail.

[SHRED]

2. Bail can be paid at 1/10th to get out

That's my understanding.

Way too low IMHO.

[SHRED]

5. Also...

I read that ill gotten gains cannot be used for bail.

[PoliticAverse]

11. That'll be a contentious argument between the prosecution and defense. n/t

[PoliticAverse]

3. Because of the Constitution and a decision by the judge. n/t

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Thursday is another Day for the

for the Judge to modify her orders. These two people are or will be on a very short leash.

[PoliticAverse]

8. Apparently they are basically under "house arrest". I do find it odd though...

that on one hand they are branded serious flight risks and on the other they were allowed to
turn themselves in instead of the FBI going out and arresting them before they might flee.

[sarah FAILIN]

14. They had to give up their passports the day before

I doubt they were really alone after Friday. Probably had a shadow the entire time ready to pounce if they went near an airport.

[Wellstone ruled]

15. Appears his Lawyer

has been warned if something happens.

[drray23]

19. when you have millions at your disposal you dont need a passport.

You can sneak out of the country maybe with a private plane or such. Somebody like manafort has enough unsavory connections in the eastern block he could probably get an ukrainian or similar passport if he does not already have one.

[Not Ruth]

4. Did not plead guilty, were not convicted yet, clean records, white, male

[NCjack]

7. The are Americans and have rights. Mueller would like them to run

to Putin, but not going to happen. They know that Putin would kill them.

[guillaumeb]

9. Manafort is rich, white, and connected.

3 reasons for the bail, and the means to pay the bail.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Bingo, white, rich and has friends in high places. nt

[Xipe Totec]

12. Because we follow the rule of law? nt

[DLevine]

23. Unfortunately the rule of law is often applied differently if you are poor,

especially if you are a poor person of color.

[Xipe Totec]

24. Do you resent it when the law is followed?

[DLevine]

25. No. nt

[MyNameIsKhan]

13. To give them incentive that what life outside jail look like and make them to cooperate ...

[Pope George Ringo II]

16. And we have a winner.

[Greybnk48]

17. In jail, someone could be paid to kill them

to shut them up? At home they can be protected. Or maybe I watch too much T.V.

[CanonRay]

18. 1) Rich 2) White 3) Lawyers

[HipChick]

22. Rich White Privilege

[Gabi Hayes]

20. Amen

Just ask Susan Mac Dougal. (sp?)

Oh wait

You can’t

[Princess Turandot]

21. Because they didn't kill anyone..

It's not usually automatic for an accused to be denied bail for a charge other than homicide. It does happen sometimes, of course, since prosecutors do ask for it in the case of flight risk issues or violent crimes. They asked for remand in the Dominique Strauss Kahn rape case since he would not have been extraditable from France had he returned there, but the judge set his bail at a very high amount and required that he wear an ankle monitor while confined to a temporary residence in NYC. (His very rich then wife put up the bail.)

Mueller didn't ask for remand apparently, going the high cash bail/home confinement route. Manafort's bail was set at $10 million, Gates's is $5 million. Both are confined to their homes. It's very likely that they are under physical surveillance as well.

The business with the X% bond that you referenced is a little misleading. A bail bondsman will bail someone out for a low-ish cash percentage, but someone needs to put up collateral for the rest of the amount. Like mom's house, for example. The reason that so many people are in jail before their trials is that they cannot afford to make the full cash bail, or even the cash upfront percentage required by the bail-bondmen, much less have the collateral required for the remaining bond.