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    The Two Audiences for Paul Manafort’s Sentencing
    Mar13

    The Two Audiences for Paul Manafort’s Sentencing

    Karma has a sense of irony. In 2012 and 2013, Paul Manafort launched a covert campaign to support the imprisonment of Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister of Ukraine and the political rival of Manafort’s patron, Viktor Yanukovych. Manafort used government contacts and the media to smear Tymoshenko and besmirch her character.On...

    Manafort Sentenced To 43 More Months
    Mar13

    Manafort Sentenced To 43 More Months

    U.S. President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chief Paul Manafort sentenced to 43 more months in prison. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Manafort Gets Another 43 Months In Prison In D.C. Sentencing
    Mar13

    Manafort Gets Another 43 Months In Prison In D.C. Sentencing

    WASHINGTON–A federal judge in D.C. sentenced former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to spend an additional 43 months in prison, after a 47- month sentence in his Virginia case, as part of the unregistered foreign lobbying and money laundering case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson technically...

    New Britain native Paul Manafort sentenced to an additional 3 1/2 years in prison
    Mar13

    New Britain native Paul Manafort sentenced to an additional 3 1/2 years in prison

    Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort sentenced to more than 3 1/2 additional years in prison Manafort offered an apology Wednesday as he appeared before a federal judge in Washington for sentencing. In a plea cut in September 2018, Manafort admitted to money laundering, tax fraud and illegal foreign lobbying connected to his years of...

    Ukraine blasts Austria after barring its reporter
    Mar13

    Ukraine blasts Austria after barring its reporter

    Ukraine has defended its decision to deny entry to an Austrian journalist, claiming that Austria has been too friendly to Russia. …read more Source: FOX...

    Baby blown into Black Sea, mother jumps in, passerby dives in to save both
    Mar13

    Baby blown into Black Sea, mother jumps in, passerby dives in to save both

    Strong winds in Ukraine blew a baby stroller – and the 3-year-old strapped in it – into the choppy waters of the Black Sea on Monday, prompting a hectic scene when the mother jumped in to save her child and a passerby dove in to rescue both. …read more Source: FOX...

    Poroshenko Camp In Damage-Control Mode As Ukrainian Election Nears
    Mar13

    Poroshenko Camp In Damage-Control Mode As Ukrainian Election Nears

    Corruption charges against two close allies. Accusations of vote-buying from his government. The ire of a notorious far-right paramilitary group. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s road to reelection is a rocky one. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Fixing Congress, Fighting China: An Interview with Rep. Mike Gallagher
    Mar13

    Fixing Congress, Fighting China: An Interview with Rep. Mike Gallagher

    Mike Gallagher is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District. First elected in 2016 at the age of 33, he previously served for seven years as a Marine Corps counterintelligence officer, including two deployments to Iraq. Since assuming office, Gallagher has emerged as one of the Republican Party’s youngest...

    Manafort Back In Court For Second Sentencing After VA’s Light Treatment
    Mar13

    Manafort Back In Court For Second Sentencing After VA’s Light Treatment

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort faces his second sentencing hearing in as many weeks, with a judge expected to tack on additional prison time beyond the roughly four-year punishment he has already received. Manafort, 69, faces up to 10 additional years in prison when he is sentenced Wednesday in Washington in...

    Trump Knew Just What He Was Getting With Manafort: A Crook
    Mar13

    Trump Knew Just What He Was Getting With Manafort: A Crook

    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...