Paul Manafort Is Released From <br />Prison Due to Coronavirus Fears President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman <br />has been imprisoned since being convicted on <br />fraud and conspiracy charges in 2018. In light of COVID-19, Attorney General William Barr <br />instructed the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to release non-<br />dangerous, vulnerable prisoners to home-confinement. The bureau recently stated it would <br />prioritize prisoners who had served <br />at least half their term. Manafort's lawyers confirmed <br />on Wednesday that he has been <br />released to home confinement. Manafort Lawyer, via 'The Washington Post' Manafort had been serving his seven-year prison <br />sentence in Pennsylvania at the minimum-security <br />Loretto Federal Correctional Institution. Convicted in 2018, Manafort would <br />have served his full seven-year <br />sentence by November 2024.
