Reminder: Manafort to be sentenced in Virginia on Thursday 3/7 @330pm EST

[iluvtennis]

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/06/700711923/get-caught-up-paul-manafort-to-be-sentenced-thursday-in-bank-and-tax-fraud-case

19 to 24 years.

[Judi Lynn]

1. Wow, that would have slipped right by a lot of people. Had totally forgotten!

Now there's something to look forward to on Post-Humpday!

Thank you, ILT.

[UniteFightBack]

2. Highly Recommended. nt

[RockRaven]

3. And whatever the outcome, remember, this is just round 1 for his prison sentence...

He also has to be sentenced in the DC case, and the punditry I've been hearing says he's likely to get an additional 10 years from that.

[emulatorloo]

4. Thanks for the reminder

Hope he gets everything he deserves.

[peggysue2]

5. May he rot in prison

Along with his many colleagues.

[Kablooie]

6. And when is his pardon scheduled for?

[nitpicker]

7. From The Hill

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/432959-manafort-faces-first-round-of-sentencing


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At 69, Paul Manafort is facing 19 1/2 to 24 years in prison under sentencing guidelines. His lawyers have asked U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III for significantly less time given his age, poor health, low risk of recidivism and cooperation with Mueller’s probe.
(snip)

They also noted Manafort admitted he was guilty of the other 10 charges that resulted in a hung jury and that he agreed to cooperate with Mueller’s investigation as part of a plea deal to avoid another trial on separate charges in the District of Columbia. That deal imploded after the federal judge presiding over the case in D.C. ruled Manafort had lied repeatedly to the government and a federal grand jury.

Sentencing in that case, for two charges of conspiracy, is slated for Wednesday. Manafort faces a maximum of 10 years for those crimes, and District Judge Amy Berman Jackson can impose her sentence concurrently or consecutively with the one handed down by Ellis.

Mueller said in a recent filing that the government opposes Manafort getting any credit for his cooperation and that it's an additional basis for Ellis to deny any sentence reduction Manafort otherwise may have received for accepting responsibility.
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