Lobbyist linked to Manafort released early from probation

Washington lobbyist W. Samuel Patten, who cooperated with investigators in the case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, has been released from probation two years early.Patten was sentenced to three years of probation in 2019 for violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). He asked to be released this month in light of strains on the system from the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman…