Court documents: Manafort and Gates are flight risks, have history of "deceptive conduct"

[mobeau69]

Special counsel prosecutor Andrew Weissmann argued that former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates are prone to deceiving people and pose a significant flight risk in court documents unsealed Tuesday, CBS News' Paula Reid reports.

In a footnote, the prosecutor notes Manafort registered a phone and an email account under an alias, traveled abroad with that phone, and had three different passports with three different numbers.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-manafort-robert-gates-flight-risks-have-history-of-deceptive-conduct/

[FBaggins]

1. That's good news

Someone in that position who would be willing to leave the country to avoid the punishment he deserves... would certainly turn against a "bigger fish" to avoid it.