Former Trump adviser Paul Manafort kicked off of plane after ‘carrying revoked passport’
FORMER Trump adviser Paul Manafort was removed from a plane at Miami International Airport before it took off for Dubai because he carried a revoked passport, officials said.
Miami-Dade Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta confirmed that Manafort was removed from the Emirates Airline flight without incident on Sunday night but directed further questions to US Border and Customs Protection.
US Border and Customs Protection and a lawyer who has represented Manafort did not immediately reply to a comment request from The Sun.
Manafort, 72, led former President Donald Trump’s campaign for several months during the 2016 presidential race but was ousted in August of that year after revelations about his business dealings in Ukraine.
He was later indicted on a broad array of financial crimes as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
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He was convicted by a jury in August 2018 and later pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington.
In May 2020, Manafort was released from a low-security prison where he was serving a more than seven-year federal sentence amid concerns about the coronavirus.
Although Manafort had not served long enough to be eligible for release under the guidelines, the Bureau of Prisons decided to free him because of his age and health vulnerabilities, a person familiar with the matter has said.
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Trump pardoned Manafort in December 2020.
Just one year before, in 2019, Manafort was rushed to hospital following a suspected heart attack.
Armed guards took him to a Pennsylvania cardiac hospital after he complained of chest pains in his prison cell.
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