Tag: Amy Berman Jackson

Rachel Maddow reads through the court transcript of Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's lawyers trying and failing to convince US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson that their client deserved to remain out of jail while waiting for his trial.…

Two weeks after Robert Mueller's prosecutors dropped new accusations of witness tampering on him, US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson Friday revoked Manafort's bail, which allowed him out on house arrest. The judge emphasized to Manafort how she could not make enough rulings to keep him from speaking improperly with witnesses, after he had used multiple text messaging apps and called a potential witness on an Italian cell phone. Manafort also entered a not guilty plea to two additional charges levied against him last week, for witness tampering and conspiracy to obstruct justice. In total, Manafort faces seven criminal charges in DC federal court. In her wind-up to her order, Berman Jackson also gave a brief nod to the bitter environment around the case. It didn't come through, according to the court filings. Prosecutors have argued all along the jet-setting political consultant was a significant flight risk. The prosecutors appeared to agree with the plan, according to court filings. The witness tampering allegations, which also resulted in new criminal charges, were enough Friday for him to lose his house arrest privileges. The judge has allowed him to travel a few times for special exceptions, such as to his father-in-law's funeral on Long Island and his godson's baptism in Virginia.