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Breaking: Judge Jackson hits Paul Manafort with 73 months in jail — 30 of those months will be counted via the sentence he got last week in Virginia.
So he gets more time today, but still a lot less than he was up for in the entire case.
So he gets more time today, but still a lot less than he was up for in the entire case.
Paul Manafort gets 7.5 years in prison.
Note it took the rare appointment of a *special counsel* & *two different judges* to get to this point - absent these circumstances, his extensive felonies would likely never have been charged, let alone resulted in years in prison.
Note it took the rare appointment of a *special counsel* & *two different judges* to get to this point - absent these circumstances, his extensive felonies would likely never have been charged, let alone resulted in years in prison.
Manafort's guilt is not in debate (pled guilty, busted for new crimes after)
The fact that he wasn't indicted for a collusion crime (election conspiracy) is *not* a legal defense or reason for less time (mitigation)
Jackson noted that legal fact
Ellis seemed to imply otherwise
The fact that he wasn't indicted for a collusion crime (election conspiracy) is *not* a legal defense or reason for less time (mitigation)
Jackson noted that legal fact
Ellis seemed to imply otherwise
When I start tweeting with too many parenthesis...
that's when I know things are getting too lawyerly
(as in, reaching for too much legal jargon rather than writing clearly)
(the parenthesis in this tweet are deliberate) (obv) (smh) (sorrynotsorry)
that's when I know things are getting too lawyerly
(as in, reaching for too much legal jargon rather than writing clearly)
(the parenthesis in this tweet are deliberate) (obv) (smh) (sorrynotsorry)
