Article snippet: sent to jail following Judge Amy Berman Jackson's decision to revoke his house arrest. Trump and his associates had made efforts to distance themselves from Manafort over the past year, with the president insisting on Friday that he had only worked on the campaign “for a very short period of time.” Manafort served as Trump's campaign manager for 144 days, The Washington Post reported. Manafort's appearance in court Friday came after special counsel MORE's investigative team argued that he had sought to tamper with witnesses. The judge said she could not come up with a release order that would prevent Manafort from seeking to further influence the testimonies of other witnesses. It is unclear where Manafort will be held or when he will be taken to jail. Manafort's arraignmenta superseding indictment late last week, accusing him of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Prosecutors had asked the district judge to narrow restrictions on Manafort or send him to jail following allegations that he attempted to sway two potential witnesses to lie to investigators about lobbying work for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. The witnesses, revealed in a court filing to be Alan Friedman and Eckart Sager, told Mueller of Manafort's attempts to influence them, The New York Times reported. The two men had worked for Hapsburg group — a group, Mueller described, that was made up of former senior European politicians who Manafort allegedly paid to lo... Link to the full article to read more