Headline Roundup March 8, 2019
Paul Manafort Sentenced to 47 Months in Prison
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison—well below the 19-24 years stipulated by federal sentencing guidelines—with Judge T. S. Ellis saying that he has lived "an otherwise blameless life.”
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Democrats Blast Manafort’s Light Prison Sentence
National Review (News)
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Democratic lawmakers on Friday harshly criticized the lighter-than-expected prison sentence handed down to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort by U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III Thursday night.
The ‘Otherwise Blameless Life’ of Paul Manafort
News
Trump’s former campaign chair has always acted with impunity, as if the laws never applied to him.
U.S. judge gives Trump ex-aide Manafort leniency: under four years in prison
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President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced on Thursday by a U.S. judge to less than four years in prison - far shy of federal sentencing guidelines - for financial crimes uncovered during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election.
