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   From: sflibertarian@sfchronicle.com   
      
   Paul Manafort, ex-campaign manager for former President Trump,   
   will keep nearly $20 million worth of New York and Hamptons real   
   estate, a federal judge ruled Friday.   
      
   Manafort, who was convicted of a massive fraud scheme tied to   
   his work as a political consultant in Ukraine, was pardoned by   
   Trump during his last days in office in December.   
      
   The ruling in US District Court in Washington, D.C., dismisses a   
   2018 forfeiture action against Manafort, and will allow him to   
   hold on to his sprawling 10-bedroom Water Mill estate, which   
   features a swimming pool, putting green and tennis court. He   
   will also keep a Brooklyn brownstone, valued at $4 million, and   
   a $3.5 million Chinatown apartment, according to court papers.   
      
   Manafort, 71, had been sentenced to more than seven years in   
   prison for tax fraud and witness tampering. He was released last   
   year to serve out the remainder of his sentence at home because   
   of the coronavirus. He was convicted in 2018 in an investigation   
   led by special prosecutor Robert Mueller into alleged Russian   
   meddling in the 2016 presidential election.   
      
   In addition to the real estate, Manafort will hold on to a   
   savings account with an undisclosed balance, according to court   
   filings.   
      
   In his $22 million plea deal with Mueller, Manafort had agreed   
   to forfeit a total of five properties, his life insurance and   
   savings account. Manafort had been forced to give up a 1,500-   
   square foot apartment on the 43rd floor of Trump Tower. US   
   Marshals had also put a SoHo loft Manafort owned at 29 Howard St   
   on the market for $3.66 million.   
      
   Manafort had transferred his 4,000-square foot Palm Beach   
   mansion to his wife Kathleen for $10 following his plea deal   
   with Mueller in 2018.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2021/02/27/paul-manafort-can-keep-millions-in-   
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