Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort departs from US District Court in Washington, US. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: Prosecutors for Special Counsel Robert Mueller urged a federal judge in Virginia on Friday to impose a strict prison sentence for President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, after a jury last year convicted him on eight counts of bank and tax fraud.
In their sentencing memo filed in US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, prosecutors said Manafort, who is 69, deserves between 19.6 and 24.4 years in prison and a fine of between US$50,000 and US$24 million.
Friday’s court filing in …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
