Washington – Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 47 months in prison for tax and bank fraud related to his work advising Ukrainian politicians.
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Judge T.S. Ellis III imposed the sentence Thursday, capping the only jury trial following indictments stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
A jury last year convicted Manafort on eight counts, concluding that he hid from the Internal Revenue Service millions of dollars he earned from his work in Ukraine.
Federal sentencing guidelines had called for a term of roughly 20 years, but few observers had expected he would receive a sentence that long.
Manafort still faces sentencing in the District of Columbia, where he pleaded guilty in a separate case connected to illegal lobbying.
That’s all? Our justice system is broken. We can hope for more in the DC case.
U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis emphasized ahead of sentencing that the Manafort case is not about Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Bh a fairly short sentence comparatively. lets hope he gets out on good behavior early and lets hope the DOC considers this time served as well. Manafort is a good man
Manafart. FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED. Trump surrounded by crooks and creeps.
He was lucky Linda Reade yemach shemu wasn’t her judge
It pays to look like a nebach in a wheelchair. It also helps to not color your hair black and leave it white to gain even more sympathy. Apparently, crime sometimes does pay especially financial crimes!
To all of you experts, who are calling for Manafort’s head: The man has suffered enough; leave him alone. Four years to serve, at age 69 is punishment enough. When Rubashkin was sentenced to a lengthy term for financial crimes, you all had the opposite opinion! Why is there one standard for Yidden, and another for goyim?