Manafort saga will continue
U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III let America down Thursday when he mused about Paul Manafort’s “otherwise blameless life” and sentenced him to just 47 months – less than four years – in prison for bank fraud and tax cheating.
This is Paul Manafort, former campaign manager of Donald Trump. This is Paul Manafort, who last year was found guilty by a jury on eight charges: two counts of bank fraud, five counts of tax fraud and one count of failing to declare a foreign bank account.
In the bank fraud charges, we’re talking tens of millions of dollars over many, many years. As for cheating on his taxes? We’re talking about a man who defrauded the IRS out of at least $6 million.
“Otherwise blameless life?”