WASHINGTON �� Special counsel Robert Mueller's team told a federal judge it opposes any immediate change in former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's bail terms set after his Oct. 27 indictment on money laundering charges, though the two sides are talking.
At a minimum, Mueller's team said, the international political consultant must post a $10 million bond backed by "financially responsible sureties," real property and other assets, plus agree to additional terms and conditions.
Manafort filed papers Saturday asking U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington to free him from home confinement with electronic monitoring in exchange for his pledge of $8 million worth of property and $4.5 million in life insurance policies.
Prosecutors said Sunday that they don't have a complete picture of Manafort's net worth, claimed to be $28 million, and they have doubts about the value of one of the properties _ his Trump Tower apartment in Manhattan, which is encumbered by a $3 million mortgage.
Manafort and co-defendant Rick Gates have pleaded not guilty to the aggregate 12 counts against them. Jackson is set to take up the issue of their terms of release terms Monday.
Prosecutors say Manafort poses a risk of fleeing before his trial because he faces serious charges and is a wealthy man with extensive ties abroad. They also cited his multiple passports and travel with a phone registered to an alias.
Both men are confined to their Virginia homes and are allowed to leave for meetings with their attorneys, court appearances, doctors' appointments and religious observances, although Gates was granted the right to attend children's activities this weekend. Violation of those terms could mean that Manafort would owe $10 million and Gates $5 million.
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(Voreacos reported from Newark, N.J.)
