Analysis: Manafort isn’t out of the woods yet. In fact, now his lies to Mueller could cost him dearly.
By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow March 8 at 10:27 AM The prevailing reaction to Paul Manafort’s 47-month prison sentence Thursday has been: Is that all!? How could a guy whose crimes merited between 19 and 24 years, according to sentencing guidelines, escape with less than four?
To recap: Manafort reached an agreement to cooperate with Mueller ahead of a second federal trial separate from the one he was just sentenced for. But the deal fell apart after the former Trump campaign chairman lied to investigators about his contacts with Konstantin Kilimnik, an associate allegedly tied to Russian intelligence . Manafort will be sentenced in that second trial next week, where he could face as many as 10 more years in prison.
Jackson, after all, is the judge who ruled that Manafort had indeed lied to investigators. In doing so, she officially voided his cooperation agreement. And while Ellis is known to be skeptical of sentencing guidelines for the kinds of white-collar crimes Manafort was convicted of — and suggested he wasn’t all that impressed with Mueller’s investigation — Jackson is known to be tougher. She’s the judge who jailed Manafort for witness-tampering.
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