WASHINGTON - Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been transferred to a correctional facility in New York but will remain in federal custody while he faces state fraud charges, a Justice Department official said Tuesday. He was expected to be held at New York City’s notorious jail complex, Rikers Island, until the state case is resolved. New York prosecutors had sought to take custody of Manafort under a law that provides for the transfer of prisoners indicted in another jurisdiction. They instead proposed that Manafort continue to be held in federal custody and made available to state officials when needed, the official said. Manafort likely would’ve been held in a facility on the island that houses inmates with high-profile cases who require protective custody.

Source: thestar June 18, 2019 11:54 UTC