last night already saying they want relief from those conditions that they just signed up for. so we thought there might be something dramatic they could unveil in court today in an effort to convince the judge on something he just decided last week into we had a heads up that the hearing might be interesting. it was dramatic, it was not a hearing that was dramatic in the way that igor and his lawyer probably wanted. as i mentioned emma o conner c gets the reporter reward. he tried to argument that his client was not a flight riskt and did not need to be under house arrest despite the fact he was arrested boarding a plane with a one-way ticket.
for his million dollars bail. prosecutors explained ta they have reason to believe that igor s brother might be involved in some of the crimes for which igor has been charged. and however much flexibility there may be in the bail system, especially ones with links to the president s impeachment, i don t know does that affect these sorts of things? regardless of what kind of case it is, they re not going to let you post bail money that is derived from the crimes you re being charged with, right? even us nonlawyers can get that, you can t rob a bank and post bail with the money you stole from the bank. they re also not going to let someone co-sign for your bail if that person was involved in your bank robbery. so he is still on house arrest, the ankle monitor, and the bail is in jeopardy and it looks like they ll be back in court on that
safe to say the defendant is in a position to return to ukraine where he is politically connected and he could decide to never come back here. this is a reason that substantial conditions need to be in place in the united states to ensure that he does not flea. this is a hearing that igor asked for. and you know sometimes judges, you know they hear arguments like this, maybe they take a few times, a recess, but it didn t take but a few seconds. the judge was able to rule right there, thank you for your argument, having concerned the statutes, i m going to deny the bail modification. so he will day there, later in the hearing, prosecutors made clear his bail might fall apart anyway, his sbroer a cosigner
o connor of buzz feed news. we expected an interesting and intrigues hearing involving our old friend igor. igor and his friend were arrested at an airport trying to leave. they were charged with trying to illegally funnel foreign money into campaigns including the major superpact. lev has switched his representation, but igor, his buddy, he has stuck with paul manafort s lawyers for his legal
representation. that itself is fascinating and as yet untold subplot here. the way the president s imprisoned former campaign chairman is at the heart soft many tend realrals. we talked about this interesting filing made with a federal court in new york. the court handling lev and igor lawyer, he wrote to the judge in the case asking for a hearing today because the lawyer said he had new information with which he want today try to persuade the judge that his client should no longer have the onerous bail conditions. specifically he no longer wanted his client to be under house arrest or to wear a gps monitoring device on his ankle. so igor and his council agreed to the exact bail conditions a week ago. so it is intriguing, sort of weird, they re writing the judge