The case was initially dismissed because of its equality with the federal prosecutors
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office fought Thursday to reopen the indictment against former campaign president Paul Trump, President Donald Trump, according to court documents filed in the case.
Manafort was accused in New York of pleading guilty to a year-long housing mortgage fraud for scheme before the case was dismissed in December because of its equality with former federal prosecutors.
The office of the Manhattan DA claimed, according to court versions, that the state’s double legislation contains an exception that could continue the case.
“[The statute] allowed a subsequent prosecution where the crimes in the second prosecution contained various elements and the defining statutes were designed to prevent very different types of damage or harm than the crimes in the first prosecution, “the court document states.
In the case against Manafort, the district attorney’s submission stated that the “suspect oversaw the various damages that the federal and state crimes were designed to target.”
Manafort, 71, was sentenced to more than seven years for prosecutors in connection with Special Attorney Robert Mueller’s investigation at a federal correctional facility in central Pennsylvania. He was convicted of tax fraud and conspiracy and was convicted in March 2019 by a federal judge.
He was released from prison in May to spend the rest of his sentence in jail at home, due to concerns about the novel coronavirus, two sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Manafort was just one of several employees of President Trump’s who were accused of crimes as part of the nearly two-year investigation led by Mueller. Until now, Manafort was the only one who spent a significant period in prison.
Manafort’s longtime partner and former Trump deputy campaign manager Rick Gates pleaded guilty and worked with federal prosecutors in the 2018 case against Manafort.
Recently, Trump planned the sentence of his longtime political adviser Roger Stone, who also had to deal with a series of accusers born out of the Mueller probe.
Stone and Manafort were also longtime partners in a political advisory firm.
ABC News’ Katherine Faulders and John Santucci contributed to this report.
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