Paul Manafort walks to his vehicle after a status conference at the U.S. Courthouse in Washington on Dec. 11, 2017.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, was sentenced to 47 months in prison Thursday by a federal judge in Virginia on tax and bank fraud charges, considerably less than the federal guidelines.
Ellis then went through cases he thought were similar to Manafort's in which defendants received little to no time in prison. “It is important to avoid unwarranted disparities," he said. In August 2018, a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, convicted Manafort on eight felony counts — five counts of tax fraud, one count of failure to file a report of foreign bank and financial accounts and two counts of bank fraud. The judge declared a mistrial on the 10 other charges he faced.
Of course...... He is a fellow criminal!!!!
He was a chump for the Chumpinator.
Manafort stole from the American people just like you trump. Your time will come, when you loose the re-election you can get political asylum from Putin or rocket man, that's the only way you'll get out of going to jail. You've already bankrupt your entire family business.
Crooks have to stay together.
Trump said COLLUSION 10 times in two minutes! Seriously, talk about a redundant insecure man!
Pardon him. Whatever he did it was far less damaging to the country than what Chelsea Manning did. This legal harassment is killing him
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I feel badly for our country. 70,000 disaffected white men in three states put him in office. What a nightmare...
Hopefully y’all can hug it out TOGeTHER!
Trump is the biggest criminal.
Crooks stick together
Sir could you repeat the no collision part again? I don't really understand it until you say it at least 6 times in one answer.
Trump feels bad for a convicted CRIMINAL who evaded taxes? Any law-abiding taxpayer would ...... oh never mind
He's gonna feel even more badly in the near future.
MeetThePress “ I feel bad when the crooks that I hardly know and who worked for me very briefly have to do time.” DJT
Birds of a feather flock together, no freakin doubt 🤡
After what he did to Ukraine for money, he got a very light sentence.
Can we get to this part already
I do too!
Here’s a crazy thought- DON’T BREAK THE LAW.
Shouldn’t the president be tuff on crime oh wait he actually wants us to break the law ? Is this not a crime on America itself just by trump saying this
Trump ' feels BADLY' for little Pauly? What Charged on Bank fraud!!! Money laundering!!! 🚫 illegal stuff! ILLEGAL! Trump doesn't know the difference between right and wrong!!!! Trump is deranged!! Trump is twisted! And so is MAGA and the GOP! Sick!
Will MeetThePress report on Adam Schiff prepping Cohen for over 10 hours before his hearing? My guess is no they won't. Talk about collusion. Is the MSM part of this collusion? Appears so.
Wait...what happened to the 'law and order candidate?'
Don't worry... you'll be the next.
He says no collusion seven times within 50 seconds. That’s a “no collusion” phrase every 7 seconds
Elitist sentencing for elitist crimes? How many years was he breaking laws?
MeetThePress He defrauded the US of millions!
MeetThePress Thought you were tough on crime? I can’t feel sorry for him.
Of course he feels sorry Paul Manafort! Hears the Question? ' When is his pardon coming?'
Engine noise makes realDonaldTrump sound more intelligent... NOT!
realDonaldTrump Sure that Paul is so glad you are sending him Thoughts and Prayers. Perhaps you should send him some hair dye - I see that he's 100%gray now. Can't wait until that's YOU
So he Colluted with Russia...
You cheat you loose !
Prsion over admin law violations... this wasn't bank robbery, the 8th amendment prohibits this. Restiution is admin law unless someone was killed or gavely injured.
Only liberals like to see suffering
Pardon coming in 3,2,1. Has anyone did any digging on this judge? May need to find the commonly denominator!
Yeah how bad is manafort gonna feel when Trump gets life?
Should have been at least 20 years. This judge is a SOB realDonaldTrump and you can expect hopefully, more than that for “collusion.”
realDonaldTrump you feel bad for a crook , shows who you are.
MeetThePress Apparently the judge felt badly for Manafort too.
so colluded
And....pardon in 3, 2, 1
Angry Orange Hemorrhoid!
MeetThePress He has always surrounded himself with white collar criminals. His grammar is atrocious.......another crime.
MeetThePress Probably because trump is guilty for the same things.
MeetThePress He's gonna have to suck it up until the last few days of Trumps 'presidency'. Pardons will flow like sewage for Trumpers at the end of Trumps term.
Al Sharpton owes 5 million nothing!
No Collusion and so many have done the same thing and nothing!
MeetThePress 😢😢wah wah can't wait for your sentence.
Trump always feels bad for the only people who worked illegally for him and got convicted.
MeetThePress Trump is disgusting
MeetThePress Following the Tim Apple suit, next time please address him as Trump Collusion or Donald Collusion.
He was found guilty of 10 charges by at least 2 of your supporters.
If Donald Trump feels so badly about Paul Manafort he should join him in prison to keep him company. That would be the best thing for everyone.realDonaldTrump EdKrassen krassenstein POTUS PaulManafort FridayThoughts
Some people like T Pedesta did almost the exact same things and he lost his lobby practice. No jail for him & many others! Too bad!
Wow, damn no collusion over and over again
How Trump finds it so easy to lie is beyond me. the case was bank fraud I think that will be the big downfall for trump as well Fraud and tax evasion plus much more
He is repeating collusion like a collusion fairy will appear and absolve him of all collusions in the history of collusions and there will be no collusion in the world after 😂
Trump’s defending another person who like himself doesn’t pay taxes. They are the socialist living off the sweat of the American taxpayers.
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He really has no concept of 'association' does he? Dude, your as guilty as those you surrounded yourself with, guilty!
Note: you can BOTH feel bad for someone AND feel Justice was served. Kind of like you can BOTH dislike Trump AND be fair to his policies. But either-or speaks to the lunatic choir and gets more clicks. Profits first - journalistic integrity distant second.
Yes Donnie, all tax cheats should get no punishment, you really are a piece of work. The American people will Thank God for the State of New York AG when it’s your turn.
Trumps statement is rich as in being rich has privileges not afforded “the common folk” law breakers.
I really don't care. Do u?
Isn't this a clear mob tactic with no regards for the pillars upon which democracy stands upon ? Or could it be that his mental retardation got no boundaries.. you judge a man by his words...words are the wings that carry the seeds of actions.
BWAHAHAHA
I see a pardon coming
I hpe thse who are socialists are aware of the smear campgn DT has been conveying to the press. The republicans are doing the same thing. Unless all of you put out a continuous positive message to the ppl about a socialist/democratic country, this will be our downfall-Guaranteed!
He feels bad. Not badly. That moron I’d driving this former English teacher nuts!
We will see how bad Manafort feels for tRump after his sentencing.
Very badly
I'm not sure which is worse. The President's bad English, or the fact that a President feels bad about the guy getting 4 years jail for 'tax and bank fraud charges' . With a bit of luck he is feeling bad because the sentence wasn't long enough, but somehow I doubt it.
When the recommendation is 228 to 300 months and you receive 47 months, that is not Manafort being treated unfairly. That is the justice system being blatantly disrespect by a corrupt and weak judge.
Translation: Hang in there Paulie, pardon's a comin'
Badly? WTF? should have gotten 15 to 20
President Trump claims vindication after Manafort's light sentence, but misstates judge's declaration.
Please Pardon Paul then Congrees can call him IN N he Can’t pleaded the 5th and he’ll tell all the WRONG DOING YOU DID PLUS RUSSIA! PLEASE PARDON PAUL! Or they will put his ass back in jail n you (Donald) can’t do a DAM thing
😂😂😂 Why should the president of the USA feel bad for a convicted crook? unless he is in the same boat as Mannford.
Ofcourse realDonaldTrump 'feels bad' for his partner in crime. He's also white and clearly to him white people, whether they are wearing a suit or wielding tiki torches, do no wrong. Doesn't matter if their shouting nazi chants, to realDonaldTrump, these are very fine people.
Manafort hid and/or stole 55 million, got 47 months, same judge, black politician stole less than $100,000,same judge gave him 13yrs.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Will Manafort feel 'very badly' for trump when he is sentenced to prison?
Wait til' we see your taxes baby.
For some reason it would appear that the only word Trump focuses on is 'collusion'. It is a repeated theme with him.
Why? I mean really ask ? What’s there to feel bad about? He is making the wrong choices to evade taxes and lie and now he goes away. That’s nothing to really feel bad for him over,
Why not if one circumvent the rules to soothes pleasings hats.
Probably better save this for yourself when you go to jail!
feels bad, not badly
Trump sure knows how to yank your chain. Too funny😂😂😂
every American should question why everyone around trump is a criminal. An honest and innocent man wouldn't surround himself with these type of people.
He got off with basically nothing. Sickening.
Making reporters scream over the din of a helicopter is something Trump enjoys doing. He is a VERY disturbed individual. I am sure he’s got noplace to go.
Yes he feels very strongly badly in a bigly way.
Of course. He is s crook of the same ilk
'I feel very badly (but not really) that because he touched something that has anything to do with ME, it became necessary to investigate and so he got caught. He should have known better than to associate with me, because everyone who does, their life goes in the tank'.
Quotes always a nice touch.
Manafort is a traitor and should be under the prison
PS and NO Russian Collusion.....
As our taste in this country has evolved and our palates have beome more sophisticated, that “type” of male looks so plain with his fade away features. I can see why they are threatened with losing their women to immigrants that make prettier babies.
is ok your tax day is coming too realDonaldTrump
Give him a pardon poltice and he will feel much better!
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And I'm sure he would! And by the way Donnie there was collusion and those charges are still to follow along with arrests of your entire family and administration!
Trump feels badly about “blameless” Manafort... part of the pardon plan.
45: I feel bad for these former associates that I threw under the bus ..and threw it in reverse and ran over again
Look at the bright side, Donald. One day you can share a cell!
you feel badly he got caught.....I have no sympathy for this guy...where is true justice...maybe the next sentencing he'll get ten years that is what he should have gotten from Ellis. Being white and white collar crimes 55 million dollars?!
Shouldn't the President of our nation be, like, condemning crime and stuff?
He feels badly for a criminal. OMG.
That will be his fate too. Minimum. NotMyPresident
I feel bad for the media answering questions from Donnie while marine one is running loudly you know he does it on purpose and this is coming from a bigot that the Democratic Party are Jew haters! I'll buy that for a dollar 💵
So much for being tough on crime.
Here’s Winning to trump
He didn't pay his taxes to the United States of America whose Constitution you took an oath to uphold. Gaaahhhhh!!!!!!
Does DJT ever support the rule of law?
Lying trump is know to discard his ex useful loyalist like a used condom
Doesn't feel bad Manafort ripped off Americans...ok then.
Trump, once again, displays his total lack of moral compass. 😡
No one is surprised that Trump weeps and empathizes with the corrupt. Birds flock.
HE. BROKE. THE. LAW.
Birds of a feather. Of course he does.
realDonaldTrump I hope next week manafort gets an extra 10 years.
After he got off easy, but Trump will still pardon him for keeping his mouth shut.
PardonPaulManafort
If you 'feel badly,' that means you're not good at feeling.
Yeah they really threw the book at him.
Translation... 'I will pardon Manafort'
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