Federal prosecutors asked a judge Monday night to revoke bail for Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, alleging that he tried to tamper with potential witnesses while on pretrial release.
If the judge agrees, Manafort would likely have to go to jail pending his trial in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. Attorneys for Manafort said they had no immediate comment.
According to an FBI affidavit included with the motion, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Manafort used encrypted messaging applications in February to try to reach two unnamed business partners who could be witnesses to his alleged fraud and money laundering.
One of the potential witnesses said he believed Manafort’s outreach was an attempt to “suborn perjury”…
