USA v. MANAFORT et al

  1. December 23, 2020

    Trump Pardons Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, 24 Others

    President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued 26 pardons and three commutations, a list that included his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, close ally Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, father to his senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner. 

  2. May 13, 2020

    Paul Manafort Released From Prison Amid COVID-19 Fears

    Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was released from prison Wednesday to serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement amid concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus in the federal correctional system.

  3. April 21, 2020

    Rick Gates' 45-Day Jail Sentence Suspended Indefinitely

    A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday allowed former Trump campaign deputy chairman Rick Gates to return to his home in Virginia, suspending his 45-day intermittent jail sentence to shield his wife from possible COVID-19 exposure while she undergoes cancer treatment.

  4. April 19, 2020

    Gov't Backs Rick Gates' Home Confinement Bid Amid Virus

    Former Trump campaign deputy chairman Rick Gates, with the backing of federal prosecutors, asked a D.C. federal judge Sunday evening to allow him to serve the remainder of his intermittent jail sentence at home because of the coronavirus pandemic.

  5. April 14, 2020

    Paul Manafort Seeks Prison Release Over COVID-19 Fears

    Attorneys for former Trump campaign chairman Paul J. Manafort Jr. have asked the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to allow the 71-year-old to serve all or part of his remaining sentence in home confinement, saying he's at "high-risk" for severe illness from COVID-19.

  6. December 17, 2019

    Rick Gates, Ex-Trump Campaign Aide, Gets 45 Days In Jail

    Former Donald Trump campaign deputy chairman Rick Gates, who became a star witness in former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, was sentenced to 45 days in jail and three years' probation Tuesday by a D.C. federal judge for lying to investigators and conspiring to commit financial fraud.

  7. December 10, 2019

    DOJ Supports Rick Gates' Bid For No Prison Time

    Prosecutors on Tuesday threw their support behind former Trump campaign deputy chairman Rick Gates' request to a D.C. federal judge to spare him prison time for lying to investigators and conspiring to commit financial fraud, saying he deserves leniency for his "extraordinary assistance" with former special counsel Robert Mueller.

  8. March 13, 2019

    Manafort Gets 'Methodical' Sentence Amid Guidelines Debate

    Paul Manafort's sentence on Wednesday was carefully crafted to account for the separate crimes involved while again demonstrating how the sentencing guidelines don't match reality in white collar cases, attorneys and scholars said.

  9. March 13, 2019

    Manafort Sentenced To 73 Months In DC Case

    Paul Manafort was sentenced to 73 months in prison by a D.C. federal judge Wednesday for conspiracy and blocking the special counsel's probe of Russia's involvement in U.S. elections, six days after the former Trump operative was sentenced in a Virginia fraud case.

  10. March 05, 2019

    No Cause To Shave Manafort Sentence, Mueller Says

    Special counsel Robert Mueller pushed back against arguments made by former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's bid to seek leniency in his upcoming sentencing for bank and tax fraud, according to Tuesday filings in D.C. and Virginia federal courts.