FILE PHOTO: Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort departs after a motions hearing in his indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has decided to keep convicted felon Paul Manafort in federal custody, it said on Tuesday, citing concerns about the "health and personal safety" of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman if he was transferred to a local facility in New York.
Manafort, serving a 7-1/2 year sentence for tax fraud, bank fraud and other charges stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, also faces New York state charges related to residential mortgage fraud, conspiracy and falsifying business records.
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