Paul Manafort a 'hardened' and 'bold' criminal, Mueller prosecutors tell judge

[BumRushDaShow]

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Source: Washington Post



Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort "repeatedly and brazenly violated the law" and shows a "hardened adherence to committing crimes," prosecutors told a Washington federal judge.

They recommended no specific punishment for those crimes, saying that is the practice of the special counsel. Prosecutors noted that federal guidelines call for a sentence of 17 to 22 years, although under Manafort's guilty plea in his D.C. case, the statutory maximum he faces is 10. The special counsel said that they may ask for Judge Amy Berman Jackson to impose a sentence that runs consecutive to whatever punishment Manafort is given for related crimes in Virginia federal court.

Friday's sealed filing, an unredacted version of which was published Saturday, helps pave the way for his sentencings in D.C. and Virginia scheduled for next month, as Robert S. Mueller III begins wrapping up his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

As part of his plea deal in September, Manafort, 69, acknowledged he was guilty of everything he was accused of both in Washington, D.C. and in Virginia: making millions as an unregistered lobbyist for Ukrainian politicians, hiding that money to avoid paying taxes, defrauding banks to pay his debts when his oligarch patrons fell out of power, and lying to cover up his crimes while trying to persuade witnesses to do the same.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/paul-manafort-a-hardened-and-bold-criminal-mueller-prosecutors-tell-judge/2019/02/23/690bd33c-3542-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Sentencing Report outlines repeated criminality over decades since his company w Roger Stone. . . nt

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Was is interesting is that WaPo said an unredacted version was published

I know there was discussion about the "delay" being due to it being redacted... unless there are a couple different things they are talking about.

[getagrip_already]

3. talking heads are noting...

No mention of russia, conspiracy with elections or trump. ??? wtf?

Coming later or just redacted out?

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Manafort's shit was at a whole 'nother level

like Flynn but probably worse.

[mucifer]

5. Didn't they mention the Russia conspiracy in other filings?

[getagrip_already]

10. They did...

Those filings were to prove he lied to prosecutors.

This is a sentencing document. You would think it's a summary of the evidence behind the crimes he committed. At least for the crimes he was charged with, which weren't really russia related to begin with. So maybe there was no need to embed that within these docs......

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Yeah I think this was specifically related to his convictions at his earlier trial.

They never had the 2nd trial in the other venue because the plea deal came about (which was then breached and Mueller abrogated).

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Nothing prevents Mueller from further indicting Manafort at the same time as tRump, Prince, Stone,

and a criminal gang too large for me to adequately detail here and now.

[George II]

6. That's his reputation in and around New Britain, CT where he was born, raised, and did business.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. K&R

[DirtEdonE]

9. This asshole manafort makes Al Capone

look like Mother Theresa.

What the f**k???

THROW THE BOOK AT THIS ASSHOLE - CONSECUTIVELY!

Make donald j trump wet his pants.

Oh wait, he'd probably enjoy that.

[leftieNanner]

11. So ten years max for the DC case

PLUS 19 - 24 for the Virginia case. Consecutive, not concurrent. So that would make Paulie 99 years old, at best, when he gets out. Sounds about right.

[EleanorR]

13. trump sure does befriend and hire the best criminals nt

[DonViejo]

14. Locking...

Duplicate of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142273305