April 14 (UPI) -- Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, has requested to serve the rest of his federal prison sentence at home due to risks presented by the coronavirus outbreak.
Manafort, 71, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for tax evasion, fraud and witness tampering in connection with the Justice Department's Russia investigation. Monday, his attorneys made the request in a letter to the Bureau of Prisons.