Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and associate Rick Gates have been granted permission to leave their homes to celebrate Thanksgiving, after they were indicted and placed under house arrest pursuant to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election meddling.
The order was delivered Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson.
Manafort’s proposed terms of release were that he will “consume no alcohol during this time,” and that he would leave on his GPS monitor.
Lawyers for the two men indicated that Gates would travel to family events in Virginia over Thursday and Friday, while Manafort planned to stay in Northern Virginia.
The two men have been under house arrest since their Oct. 30th court appearance, when they both pleaded “not guilty” to money laundering and tax evasion.
