Paul Manafort Prevented from Leaving for Dubai

Paul Manafort, an advisor and 2016 campaign chairman to Donald Trump, was stopped by U. S. customs officials at Miami International Airport recently. He was denied boarding and removed from a flight headed to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Manafort was denied the ability to travel by U. S. Customs and Border Protection, Alvaro Zabaleta, a police spokesman said. “His US Passport was revoked and he could not take his flight…[there was] no further incident,” the spokesman said.

The incident happened around on Sunday evening, March 20. The reason given was that he was carrying a revoked passport.