Virginia Heffernan: Paul Manafort is in jail, and that's all right
by Virginia Heffernan, Los Angeles Times
Jun 18, 2018
3 minutes
Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, is in the clink. It's OK to be pleased.
As one of the early casualties of the Trump-Russia inquiry, Manafort was first indicted in October 2017, in Washington, on charges of conspiracy, money laundering and false statements. He pleaded not guilty.
Manafort was put under house arrest, but by the holidays he was futzing with the terms of his release, negotiating a Christmas visit to his moated house in the Hamptons - $1.9 million, plus $5 million in renovations. It features statues of
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