WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chairman and an associate were ordered by a judge Thursday to remain under house arrest while they await trial for money laundering and other charges.
Paul Manafort, 68, who managed Trump’s campaign from June to August 2016, and Robert Gates, 45, will also continue to be subject to GPS monitoring.
The two men appeared before Judge Amy Berman Jackson in a Washington court to argue for an easing of the pretrial conditions of their release.
Judge Jackson ordered that the pair remain under home confinement and GPS monitoring for the time being and that they appear in …read more
Source: theSun
