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NEW: Paul Manafort's sentencing memo is in for his DC case. His lawyers don't advocate for a specific sentence, but argue for one "substantially below" the legal maximum of 10 years that he faces scribd.com/document/40050… 
STORY: Paul Manafort's lawyers are asking for a lighter sentence in his DC case, downplaying the seriousness of the crimes he admitted to — he's not a murderer, drug lord, or Bernie Madoff, they note — and arguing he's the victim of "public vilification" buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Manafort's lawyers didn't push for a specific sentence, only saying it should be below the 10-year max. BUT, in highlighting the toll jail has taken on his health, they note courts allow offenders with serious medical conditions to serve no time at all buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Manfort's cases have danced around his connection to Trump, but his lawyers lean in. They repeat the no collusion line, quote a strategist saying Manafort was "ALL-IN" for Trump, and quote the Va. judge saying this was about pressuring Manafort to flip buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
A reminder that tonight's sentencing memo is just about Manafort's DC case, where he faces a statutory max of 10 years. His sentencing memo in his Va. case, where he's facing a lot more prison time according to prosecutors, is due Friday buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
