'He has lived an otherwise blameless life,' the judge said of Manafort, a central figure in the special counsel's Russia probe.
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to serve 47 months in prison, a far shorter length of time than prosecutors in the case had argued for.
"The last two years have been the most difficult for my family and I," Manafort said in his plea for compassion from the judge.Before delivering his sentence, Ellis said that Manafort has"been a good friend to others, a generous person."Manafort had been convicted in the Virginia court last summer on eight counts of bank fraud, tax fraud and failing to file a foreign bank account report.
Manafort"did not provide valuable information to the special counsel that wasn't already known," Andres said. But Mueller countered in a Tuesday night filing that Manafort's request for leniency should be ignored at his sentencing, arguing that Manafort has not taken responsibility for his crimes. The special counsel also highlighted additional wrongdoing Manafort is alleged to have done since his cases began, including witness tampering and lying to investigators.
Both the defense and the prosecution agreed to delay a decision about Manafort's restitution until after his second sentencing in D.C. next week.
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