Judge denies Gates’ request to leave house arrest to drive kids to school

A U.S. district judge denied a request by Richard Gates, who was indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller, to periodically leave his house to drive his kids to school.

According to a report by Bloomberg, Gates asked to be allowed to leave the house to help take his children to school and participate in Thanksgiving family plans.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Thursday denied the request, saying Gates must first work out a deal with prosecutors.   

{mosads}”The court is well aware that a house full of busy children comes with constant and competing transportation demands and that the burden shouldered by many mothers is exacerbated in this case by the defendant’s current bond conditions,” the judge said, adding she’s made clear what it would take to secure Gates’s release.

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Gates, his associate, will remain under house arrest until they can provide adequate financial assurance to convince a federal judge they will not skip out on future court appearances.

Manafort and Gates have been charged with money laundering and other crimes as part of Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, though the charges in this case are related to work the pair did for a pro-Russia political party in Ukraine.

They were released earlier this month into home confinement with GPS monitoring on $10 million and $5 million unsecured bail bonds, respectively, and are now petitioning the court for more flexible conditions. 

New filing in United States v. Gates: Order on Motion to Modify Conditions of Releasehttps://t.co/054Q4VXLxt pic.twitter.com/KGCBtnSXAA

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