What is sentence if found guilty of conspiracy against the US Government??

[kentuck]

Would it be an incentive to talk?

[SHRED]

1. I think every charge is incentive to talk

[davsand]

2. I'd think the seizure of all assets would carry some weight too.

Their entire family could end up living in a cardboard box. I'd imagine that would offer some incentive to them. Jail time is bad enough, but poverty for the wife and kids could be a pretty strong motivator...



Laura

[marylandblue]

3. 12 counts of money laundering and tax evasion

Could result in a de facto life sentence.

[FSogol]

6. Life sentence? Sorry, but rich white people don't spend much time in jail.

Those fuckers will never pay for their crimes.

[marylandblue]

8. Tell that to Bernie Madoff

[sarisataka]

4. 5 years nt

[onenote]

5. Correct.

[davekriss]

7. Correct, for the conspiracy charge

But there are 12 charges in the indictment. Each incident of money laundering can result in up 20 years. All the penalties can be applied consecutively, ipso facto this can effectively result in a life sentence. Although I highly doubt that. More likely he’ll serve 3 years in a tennis court prison then he’ll be out to spend his tens of millions of illicitly gotten gains.

In America, the rich rarely suffer full consequences for the crimes they commit. I’d be more interested in the financial penalties. Here’s a rare case where I’d love to see the asset seizure laws applied.

[marylandblue]

9. They aren't really after Manafort

So they will threaten him with the worst case scenarios.

[davekriss]

10. Agreed

[sarisataka]

11. The op specifically asked

About the conspiracy charge. Many people are reading more into the title of the charge than what it actually encompasses

[Crabby Appleton]

12. Indeed. nt

[AmandaRuth]

13. i'm curious about that as well

it does seem like a "walk the plank" charge, but really, it carries a max 5 year penalty?

[sarisataka]

14. Despite the ominous title

It is a tax evasion charge