Trump's former campaign manager goes to jail for witness tampering
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Former campaign manager of US President Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, had his interim bail revoked by a federal judge because of his alleged attempted tampering of witnesses ahead of his trial on money laundering, tax, and bank fraud charges.
The move by a federal judge comes two weeks after Robert Mueller filed new accusations of witness tampering against Manafort.
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Manafort immediately sent to a federal prison
Mueller, a former FBI director who is investigating allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential Election, urged the federal court to revoke Manafort's bail.
He alleged that Manafort and a business associate tried to influence the testimony of potential witnesses against him.
Manafort, appeared in a federal court and the judge canceled his interim bail; he was immediately sent to a federal prison.