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Paul Manafort Was Just Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

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Paul Manafort Was Just Sentenced to Four Years in Prison – Mother Jones

The former Trump campaign chief will be sentenced on separate charges next week.

A federal judge in Virginia sentenced former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, 69, to 47 months in prison on tax and bank fraud charges on Thursday.

The sentence follows Manafort’s conviction last August on charges that he failed to pay taxes on at least $16 million he was paid in the early 2010s for consulting and lobbying work for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, a pro-Russian leader who fled to Moscow after a 2014 uprising, and his allies. Manafort was also convicted of defrauding multiple banks to secure large loans after his consulting income dried up in 2015.
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This is the first sentencing Manafiort will face this month, Next week in D.C. he will face sentencing for conspiracy, witness tampering, and other charges to which Manafort pleaded guilty late last year.
 
JacksinPA said:
Paul Manafort Was Just Sentenced to Four Years in Prison – Mother Jones

The former Trump campaign chief will be sentenced on separate charges next week.

A federal judge in Virginia sentenced former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, 69, to 47 months in prison on tax and bank fraud charges on Thursday.

The sentence follows Manafort’s conviction last August on charges that he failed to pay taxes on at least $16 million he was paid in the early 2010s for consulting and lobbying work for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, a pro-Russian leader who fled to Moscow after a 2014 uprising, and his allies. Manafort was also convicted of defrauding multiple banks to secure large loans after his consulting income dried up in 2015.
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This is the first sentencing Manafiort will face this month, Next week in D.C. he will face sentencing for conspiracy, witness tampering, and other charges to which Manafort pleaded guilty late last year.
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That Trumpian bastard got off lightly.
He has another sentencing for the DC case next week.
Hopefully he gets hammered harder, and it is not concurrent.
 
It makes me wonder if Manafort committed the same crimes as Hillary how many decades would he be in jail for.
 
A bad guy got caught and is being punished. What's to debate?
 
Wayne Jr said:
A bad guy got caught and is being punished. What's to debate?
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20% of the *minimum* end of the sentencing guideline range.
For no apparent reason. Manafort failed to cooperate until the bitter end, and expressed zero remorse.

That doesn't make you wonder why?
 
SMTA said:
That Trumpian bastard got off lightly.
He has another sentencing for the DC case next week.
Hopefully he gets hammered harder, and it is not concurrent.
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I agree. This judge basically gave him a pass. He was facing up to 24 years. Lucky him.

BTW, his bitching about being in solitary confinement: he had a phone, a computer & his own shower. I doubt he'll have that kind of treatment in some low-secutity Fed lockup.

He showed no guilt or remorse in his statement to the judge before sentencing.
 
Wayne Jr said:
A bad guy got caught and is being punished. What's to debate?
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His VERY light sentence is suspicious as he showed no remorse.
 
Mach said:
20% of the *minimum* end of the sentencing guideline range.
For no apparent reason. Manafort failed to cooperate until the bitter end, and expressed zero remorse.

That doesn't make you wonder why?
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Is this forum called "Speculate Politics"?
 
JacksinPA said:
His VERY light sentence is suspicious as he showed no remorse.
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I agree.

So what about it? What points of order are up for debate? What evidence do you have, and for what facts, that you would like discussed?

He was a bad dude, he did some crooked ****, and he's getting off lite. What's to discuss?
 
gulfman said:
It makes me wonder if Manafort committed the same crimes as Hillary how many decades would he be in jail for.
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When was Hillary convicted and for what?
 
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;)
 
Mach said:
Thinking is something only a subset of the population does. That is true.
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The thing you want to debate is still unclear. That he did some shady things is not in question. That he's getting off light is not in question. No one's opposing this, for there to then be a debate.
 
SMTA said:
If you don't like it, don't stay
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You tell him, buddy. He's going to think twice now before engaging you again! Good job!
 
Mach said:
20% of the *minimum* end of the sentencing guideline range.
For no apparent reason. Manafort failed to cooperate until the bitter end, and expressed zero remorse.

That doesn't make you wonder why?
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White male privilege.
 
gulfman said:
It makes me wonder if Manafort committed the same crimes as Hillary how many decades would he be in jail for.
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Ask your Dear Leader about that. He promised to "Lock Her Up!"
 
Nickyjo said:
When was Hillary convicted and for what?
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Because the operative word in his rhetorical question is "committed", not "convicted", it is an irrelevant response to his query.

Somewhat surprising that the "like" lobby didn't notice that.
 
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