Rick Wilking/ReutersThe 47-month sentence meted out to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort by Judge T.S. Ellis in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, last Thursday was little more than a slap on the wrist, considering the fact that Manafort is clearly the highest profile and most unrepentant white-collar criminal to be sentenced in federal court in recent memory. Manafort was facing up to 25 years in prison for having carried out several complex banking fraud schemes that defrauded both banks and the U.S. government as he avoided taxes on millions of dollars in income he earned from political consulting in …read more
Source: The Daily Beast
