This is the jail in Warsaw, Va., where Paul Manafort is being held for pre-trial detention. It opened in 1995. https://t.co/MfeqKqF1EO pic.twitter.com/JVr4ep8C3g
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) June 16, 2018
Dude that looks like a Holiday Inn Express with an attached Denny's
— TavernWench?? (@TavernWench) June 16, 2018
Supermax Olive Garden.
— Alex Heard (@alexheard) June 16, 2018
Man. All these people *suddenly offended* by idea of pretrial incarceration because of 1 privileged white man. *Nearly half a million people are detained pre-trial on any given day bc of poverty alone. That’s 1/4 of the 2.3 million total jailed in US.* pic.twitter.com/koe81I9IVM
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) June 15, 2018
You would be shocked at how few prosecutors focus full time on white collar crime. You could fit all of the white collar prosecutors in Chicago in a small room. https://t.co/X7kuixRrXR
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 15, 2018
if Hillary won and her former campaign manager was sentenced to jail this month, the tone of the news coverage would look/sound MUCH MUCH DIFFERENT
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) June 15, 2018
Manfort's detention is an opportunity to make a point about conspiratorial thinking regarding prosecutions.
Claims by Team Trump that the prosecutions here are a political conspiracy — like Dinesh D'Souza's claims — aren't unusual. They're the norm in white collar cases.
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— MaybeCooperativeHat (@Popehat) June 15, 2018
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