Associated Press Confirms Manafort/Dubai Report

The Associated Press reports:

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 Wednesday.

Miami-Dade Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta confirmed that Manafort was removed from the Emirates Airline flight without incident Sunday night but directed further questions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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. Trump pardoned Manafort in December 2020.

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Today’s earlier report from Knewz.com seemed to imply that Manafort’s passport was revoked at the airport. As I said in this morning’s post, there is surely a LOT more to this story.

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. https://t.co/nqiPZt5Sqh

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 23, 2022

Tryin’ to flee the country with a revoked passport? There’s gotta be more comin’ on this one.https://t.co/cIqDUtj8AO

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) March 23, 2022

Not so fast, Paul Manaforthttps://t.co/uVGZX30F9u

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 23, 2022

AP has corroborated this report.

Remember that Manafort’s pardon did NOT cover his efforts, made with an alleged Russian spy, to carve up Ukraine to Russia’s liking. https://t.co/CI13TEFQof

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 23, 2022

President Trump’s former campaign chairman and former lawyer worked with, between them, a deposed authoritarian president, a bevy of oligarchs, Russia-oriented politicians and alleged Russian spies. https://t.co/FU365Mimbu

— ProPublica (@propublica) March 23, 2022