Thread: Paul Manafort sentenced on foreign lobbying and witness tampering charges

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Paul Manafort sentenced on foreign lobbying and witness tampering charges


Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced Wednesday to a total of 81 months in prison in connection with his guilty plea related to foreign lobbying and witness tampering, a term he will serve including the 47-month sentence handed down in a separate case in Virginia last week.
Manafort, 69, who was seated in a wheelchair at the defense table, addressed the court before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson's ruling.

"I am sorry what I have done and all the activities that have got us here today," he said.

Last week, Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison after a federal jury convicted him on eight counts of bank and tax fraud charges in a separate case in Virginia.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pau...pering-charges

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David Corn Retweeted Mother Jones

Manafort's collusion wasn't a central issue in Mueller's prosecution of him & wasn't a factor in the sentencing. But the case revealed details re his collaboration w/ an alleged Russian intelligence associate at the behest of a Russian oligarch when he chaired Trump's campaign...

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Damning evidence of collusion is hiding in plain sight, @DavidCornDC writes. http://bit.ly/2TxRFIo


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12:45 p.m.
Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been indicted in New York on state charges, seen as a strategy for preventing a potential presidential pardon.

An indictment unsealed Wednesday in Manhattan accuses the 69-year-old Manafort of conducting a yearlong residential mortgage fraud scheme that netted millions of dollars.

The indictment filed March 7 was unsealed the same day Manafort was sentenced in Washington in the second of two federal cases against him.

He would serve more than seven years in prison in those cases. Trump has repeatedly defended him and floated the idea of granting a pardon, but would not be able to do so in a state case.