Judge Orders Paul Manafort To Be Transferred to New York City’s Notorious Rikers Island

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The decision to move former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to New York's notorious Rikers Island jail is leaving many legal experts - and even some left-wing politicians - stunned. 

A state judge ordered Manafort transferred to Rikers from a minimum security prison.  In an Op-Ed piece for Fox News, Defense Attorney Alan Dershowitz called it "another example of the weaponization of the criminal process for partisan advantage." 

Even New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted the idea that Manafort will be held in solitary confinement, calling it torture and a human rights violation. 

Manafort is currently serving a seven-and-half year sentence for non-violent white collar crimes.

Corrie O'Connor

 

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