Posted on 03/07/2019 4:24:19 PM PST by conservative98
Paul Manafort was sentenced Thursday to just under four years in prison for a massive fraud scheme tied to his work as a political consultant for Ukraine’s pro-Russian government, according to reports from the Virginia courthouse.
The 47-month sentence imposed by federal Judge T.S. Ellis III was far below sentencing guidelines of 19-1/2 to 24 years, which Ellis called “excessive.”
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DUmmies heads explode!
What does that mean? The case was weak, or he “turned” on Trump for Mueller?
Massive fraud scheme? As a political consultant for Ukraine? What’s that got to do with Russian collusion?
Mueller is in the business of punishing anyone associated with Trump. He’s got his coming. And there won’t be any pardon for him.
Weak. They had nothing. Manafort is not going to jail for Russian collusion or any Trump campaign-related activity
Good! Democrats were hoping for 49 years.
Ellis may not be Weasel Mueller and his merry band of misconducting persercuters biggest fan.
“Massive” fraud scheme. So “massive” that DOJ declined to prosecute Paul Manafort 10 years ago, saying he was too small a fish to bother with. Yeah, massive. Right. Sure.
Podesta’s hangin’ w/Coonman in the VA Governor’s mansion.
After Mueller is done, whenever that is, full pardon.
So who was the victim in this massive fraud scheme?
To be followed immediately by some idiotic Demon-RATS in Congress filing articles of impeachment against POTUS DJT for Obstruction of Justice.
What are the Democrats and MSM (ah, but I repeat myself) going to do...get “outraged” and talk impeachment?
That strategy is getting a little hackneyed.
Convenient 4 years so that Manafort cannot help in the next campaign.
Expect all campaign workers to be sent to prison or the Democrat gulag.
He’ll need a pardon. The DC judge in the other case will max him out as Mueller requests.
A huge defeat for Mueller and his band of 17 Angry Democrats.
A witch-hunt is still a witch-hunt.
What a waste of taxpayer money on a case the government could have settled out of court.
Isn’t this the good judge? What about the other case?
***four years in prison ***
A Hard Core prison or a white crime resort type prison.
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