Trump aide Manafort sent to jail
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afp25 donald trumps former campaign chief paul manafort was sent to jail friday pending trial on a series of federal charges1 the revocation of manaforts bail was a fresh sign of the looming collision course between mueller and trump with the white house increasingly worried that the president could face obstruction of justice charges and an impeachment effort in congress1 manafort 69 had been under house arrest while awaiting trial in both the us capital and virginia. he has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him which also include obstruction of justice1 trump condemned the treatment of manafort a veteran washington political consultant as he sought to paint muellers team as well as the federal bureau of investigation which mueller once ran as deeply biased and illegitimate1 wow what a tough sentence for paul manafort who has represented ronald reagan bob dole and many other top political people and campaigns trump wrote on twitter1 didnt know manafort was the head of the mob he said. very unfair1 earlier trump lashed out at the entire investigation labelling it a ridiculous witch hunt after a justice department watchdog report revealed that several fbi investigators had sent anti-trump text messages during the 2016 campaign1 there was no collusion there was no obstruction and if you read the report what youll really see is bias against me trump said1 manafort who is facing trial later this year on money laundering charges involving his work for ukraine that predated the 2016 presidential election saw his bail revoked by judge amy berman jackson over claims he was trying to influence witnesses in his case1 manafort who is facing money laundering and tax evasion charges among others was the first former trump campaign aide to be jailed in the sprawling probe led by special counsel robert mueller since may 20171 muellers team has been seeking to interview trump as well and questions they have submitted to the white house indicate that they are also investigating whether trump has illegally interfered with the probe1 on friday trump sought to make use of the justice department inspector generals report on the 2016 investigation into hillary clintons use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state to erode confidence in muellers operation1 while the ig report made almost no mention of mueller or any alleged wrongdoing by trump the president claimed it exonerates him while his lawyer rudy giuliani said mueller and his team themselves should be investigated1 the report yesterday may be more important than anything. it totally exonerates me trump told journalists in front of the white house1 the report faulted the fbi and its former director james comey whom trump fired in may 2017 over the handling of the clinton email probe1 it said comey who cleared clinton of allegations of mishandling classified materials was insubordinate and guilty of bad judgment1 it also showed several agents involved in both that investigation and the subsequent russia meddling probe repeatedly expressing anti-trump bias in private text messages1 that is probably the tip of the iceberg trump said. there was total bias i mean total bias1 he referred to comey and other senior fbi officials as the scum at the top of the bureau and as total thieves1 he is one of 20 people and three companies already indicted by mueller who is investigating whether members of the campaign colluded with russia during and after the election1