The court sent a lobbist Paul Manaforth, former head of Donald Trump's election staff, to the detention facility. Judge Amy Berman Jackson, due to the new allegations, lifted the bail terms, and Manafort would not leave the bond until the date of the court hearing. Trump called the court's decision unfair.

Manafort faces two suits, the first begins by the court hearing in July, the second in September. In Virginia, he is accused of committing tax evasion and bank fraud. Washington is prosecuted for money laundering and the blocking of lobbying activities in favor of Pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. In both cases he denies the blame.

Last October, the court handed Manafort a house arrest in his house on the Washington suburb of Alexandria. However, the accused shortly afterwards backtracked the court to leave the home jail. He has put several of his homes worth almost $ 12 million (265 million crowns) into the pledge.

Manafort tried to influence witnesses, says the investigator

Robert Mueller, a former FBI chief investigating Manafort's case, has filed another charge against the lobbyist a week ago. He tried to influence witnesses by imprisoning them by sending text messages and encrypted messages to influence their testimony and conceal evidence. He also defended the passage of justice when he witnessed a lie. Together with Manaport, he was accused of these actions by his former collaborator, Konstantin Kilimnik, who allegedly had ties to the Russian secret service.

Trump hosted the former head of his electoral staff on Twitter. He wrote that his bailing is unfair. "How a tough penalty for Manaforta, who represented Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and many other top politicians and (election) campaigns. I did not know Manafort was the gang leader, "the president wrote ironically. "And what about Comey and dishonest Hillary and everyone else? Very unfair, "Trump added, referring to James Comey's former FBI boss and his former counter-candidate in Hillary Clinton's election.

Mueller was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice to investigate possible Russian interference in the US presidential election in 2016. The prosecution of Manaforta, with the main line of Mueller's investigation, is not directly related, despite the fact that the lobbyist, along with his colleague Rick Gates, led the Trump's election staff. Gates, whom Mueller also accused, has admitted to illegal acts and, unlike Manafort, has been working with the FBI.