Rick Wilking/ReutersThe 43-month sentence handed down Wednesday by Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington, D.C., finally brings Paul Manafort’s prison term more in line with what the public should expect for such a high-profile and unrepentant white-collar criminal, since it will begin after the 47-month sentence meted out to the former Trump campaign chairman in a separate trial last week.It’s a long overdue punishment for a serial bank defrauder and money launderer who has consistently thumbed his nose at the federal law enforcement officers who uncovered his financial crimes and undisclosed lobbying work for pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine while digging …read more
Source: The Daily Beast
