(Reuters)
- Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's indicted former campaign
chairman, asked for court permission on Saturday for release from home
confinement to attend the funeral of his father-in-law.
In
a filing in federal court in Washington, Manafort said his
father-in-law died on Saturday and that he would like to travel from his
Virginia home to Long Island, New York, to attend the wake, funeral and
burial services.
Manafort
has been charged with conspiring to launder money, lying on his tax
returns and failing to register as a foreign agent for lobbying work for
a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine, among other charges.
His
request comes one day after Rick Gates, Manafort's longtime business
partner, pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the United States and
lying to investigators. Gates is now cooperating with Special Counsel
Robert Mueller and his probe of Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S.
presidential campaign.
Source: Yahoo News
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