WASHINGTON: Prosecutors for Special Counsel Robert Mueller urged a federal judge in Virginia yesterday 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 (RM204,000 and RM98 million).Yesterday’s court filing in Virginia came just days after a federal judge in Washington, DC, ruled …read more
Source: theSun
