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AP Source: Manafort to Remain in Federal Custody

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been
   transferred to a correctional facility in New York but will remain in
   federal custody while he faces state fraud charges, a Justice
   Department official said Tuesday.

   Manafort, who is serving a federal prison sentence, is waiting to be
   arraigned after prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed a 16-count indictment
   that accuses him of giving false information on mortgage loan
   applications. He was expected to be held at New York City's notorious
   jail complex, Rikers Island, until the state case is resolved.

   New York prosecutors had sought to take custody of Manafort under a law
   that provides for the transfer of prisoners indicted in another
   jurisdiction.

   But Manafort's lawyers reached out to the federal Bureau of Prisons and
   raised concerns that his health and safety could be threatened if he
   was transferred to Rikers Island, the Justice Department official said.
   They instead proposed that Manafort continue to be held in federal
   custody and made available to state officials when needed, the official
   said.
   

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