Prosecutors say Manafort claiming ‘VIP’ treatment

President Donald Trump’s jailed former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has said in monitored phone calls that he is being treated like a “VIP” while behind bars, federal prosecutors said Wednesday as they argued against postponing his financial crimes trial.

Defense lawyers called the statements from special counsel Robert Mueller’s office “self-serving and inaccurate.”

The dueling court filings are part of an ongoing tussle over Manafort’s confinement that began after a judge revoked his house arrest last month and ordered him jailed on witness tampering allegations.