U.S. judge to lift house arrest for former Trump campaign manager Manafort

[FarCenter]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/u-s-judge-to-lift-house-arrest-for-former-trump-campaign-manager-manafort-idUSKBN1E92OG?il=0

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. District Court judge on Friday said she would release former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort from house arrest once he meets certain conditions, expressing satisfaction that the $10 million he agreed to forfeit if he ever failed to appear for court proceedings would be available.

In her order, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Manafort, who is facing charges including money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent, would be subject to a curfew and electronic GPS monitoring, among other restrictions.

[unblock]

1. $10 million seems like a small price to pay to retire to a country without an extradition treaty.

[shanny]

2. There is the possible snag of no passport,

the likelihood of frozen accounts and also too this:

Countries Without an Extradition Treaty with the US

Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé & Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican, Vietnam and Yemen.

I grant you, Russia and Ukraine are on there....but those guys can be fickle, and--hmmm--not very trustworthy. Especially towards potential embarrassments.

[bathroommonkey76]

3. How about Ecuador?

Snowden wanted to go there, but ended up in Russian instead. Let's not forget the POS who has been stuck inside the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK either.

[shanny]

7. What about it? Ecuador has an extradition treaty with us,

but is friendly to asylum claims. Clearly they considered Snowden and Assange eligible; who knows re Manafort.

[unblock]

4. i agree there are challenges, i'm just saying if anyone is a flight risk, it's him.

[shanny]

8. I agree.

I just doubt he's the 007-caliber guy he thinks he is.

[unblock]

10. that's one of the traits all these clowns share --

a very, very over-inflated view of themselves.

[jberryhill]

5. If they want to let him in, he doesn't need a passport

That little cardbook book does not possess the magic power to prevent you from entering a country that wants to let you in.

[shanny]

9. OK.

Although I've always needed my little magic cardboard book to get on an international flight, and also to cross borders. If Mexico wants him, good luck to him.

Also too: I said "possible." But thanks for the education.

[unblock]

11. i'm guessing you don't have as many of those cool green pieces of cotton/linen blend as manafort....

i'm sure they're very helpful for international travel.

[shanny]

13. Very true.

[jberryhill]

16. If you get onto your friend's private jet....

...and your friend takes you somewhere that wants you, you don't need a passport.

It's not only "possible", it's dead bang simple.

He's not going to get on a commercial flight.

[shanny]

17. OK.

Then that judge is as stupid and/or corrupt as the rest of our government.

[unblock]

18. i wouldn't pin it all on the judge. judges are trained to follow precedent.

certainly there are elements in these cases that are unprecedented, but there are plenty of precedents of remarkably rich people getting bail for amounts of money which to mere mortals are huge, but which the accused could do without with merely a wince.

[shanny]

19. didn't pin it all on the judge. pinned it on the corrupt system.

ours.

[FarCenter]

14. These countries currently have no extradition treaty with the United States:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Mainland China, Comoros, Congo (Kinshasa), Congo (Brazzaville), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé & Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican, Vietnam and Yemen.

[bluestarone]

6. he'll be gone and

still have 12 bank accounts left if i know him. so fucking bad!!

[onenote]

15. Do you know him?

[ProudLib72]

12. Bye bye Paul!

[Demtexan]

20. I am sure he is being watched.

Maybe they want him to try to escape.

Just giving him a little rope.

[MaupitiBlue]

21. Bail?

Can I suggest that if there was even a whiff of anything collusion or treason related that Manafort would never have gotten bail?

[Hortensis]

22. You can suggest, and I can wonder why you think this.

No bail if "even a whiff of anything collusion related"? We have excellent reason to believe he and others were involved in whatever "collusion" is between American citizens and Moscow to affect the 2016 election. And bail was requested and granted. Perhaps a deal was struck?