Paul Manafort getting 'VIP' treatment in prison with private cell, bathroom, phone, laptop, special counsel says
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/11/paul-manafort-getting-vip-treatment-in-prison-with-private-cell-bathroom-phone-laptop-special-counsel-says.html Manafort, according to federal prosecutors, has had multiple visits with his legal team each week, and also is allowed to use an in-unit personal telephone for more than twelve hours a day to speak with his attorneys. "Each phone call session is limited to fifteen minutes, but there is no restriction on the number of phone call sessions, meaning that Manafort immediately can reconnect with his attorneys whenever the fifteen minutes expires," the filing read, while clarifying that "the attorney calls are not monitored." The facility also has made "extra accommodations for Manafort's use of the laptop, including providing him an extension cord to ensure the laptop can be used in his unit and not just in the separate workroom." "Although the jail does not allow prisoners to send or receive emails, Manafort appears to have developed a workaround," the special counsel's filing explained. "Manafort has revealed on the monitored phone calls that in order to exchange emails, he reads and composes emails on a second laptop that is shuttled in and out of the facility by his team. When the team takes the laptop from the jail, it reconnects to the internet and Manafort's emails are transmitted." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): https://www.vortex.com/lauren Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Google Issues Mailing List: https://vortex.com/google-issues Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: https://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Google+: https://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list https://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad
