Mueller fights Manafort’s bid for release from Virginia jail
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors are urging a federal appeals court to reject former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s bid to be released on bail as he prepares for two criminal trials, including one set to begin later this month.
In a filing Thursday, Mueller’s team urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit not to disturb a lower court’s order last month jailing Manafort over charges that he tampered with witnesses related to the cases against him.
