Found guilty of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one count of failure to disclose a foreign bank account. He also admitted guilt of money laundering and bank fraud to foreign lobbying violations related to his work for pro-Russian Ukrainians. Not simple tax crap.
I think he should be put to death.
How about the tax cheat Ocasio. She may have also seriously misdirected a million bananas from her contribution fund to her and her campaign manager’s personal slush funds. Throw the book at her after the 2020 election. Right now she is a gift that keeps on giving.
Is there a single tax fraud case that does not involve some sort of other violation? Probably not. From the link I posted, mortgage (loan) fraud gets 20 months on average. For failure to report a foreign bank account I have seen cases with up to a year in jail. The amounts still don’t add up to 19 years. Manafort was certainly not a blameless cherub, but his prosecution and recommended sentence is clearly politically motivated.