Trump Privilege
Remember how I told you that Paul Manafort had been charged in New York and would soon be going to Rikers?
Little did I know about the powers of Trump. Manafort was scheduled to be transferred this month, but then last week …
Manhattan prosecutors were surprised to receive a letter from the second-highest law enforcement official in the country inquiring about Mr. Manafort’s case. The letter, from Jeffrey A. Rosen, Attorney General William P. Barr’s new top deputy, indicated that he was monitoring where Mr. Manafort would be held in New York.
And yesterday, prosecutors heard from federal prison officials telling them that Manafort would not be going to Rikers.
He will either stay in a federal facility in New York or remain in Pennsylvania and be brought back and forth for his hearings.
Maybe he could just stay in Trump Tower. They have room service and everything.