Manafort “is presented to this Court by the government as a hardened criminal who ‘brazenly’ violated the law and deserves no mercy. Paul Manafort shown departing federal court in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 2, 2017. The two wide-ranging conspiracy charges to which Manafort pleaded guilty in Washington carry a maximum sentence of 10 years. Manafort faces a separate sentencing March 8 in federal court in Alexandria, Va. As with Jackson, Mueller prosecutors in Alexandria made no specific sentencing request and asked only that U.S. District Judge T.S.

Source: Washington Post February 26, 2019 01:53 UTC