BREAKING: Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been indicted in New York on state charges, seen as a strategy for preventing a potential presidential pardon
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He would serve more than seven years in prison in those cases. Trump has repeatedly defended him and floated the idea of granting a pardon, but would not be able to do so in a state case.A federal judge has sentenced former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to more than 3 1/2 additional years in prison.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has prosecuted Manafort in Washington and in Virginia related to his foreign consulting work on behalf of a pro-Russia Ukrainian political party. Manafort was convicted of bank and tax fraud in Virginia and pleaded guilty in Washington to two conspiracy counts, each punishable by up to five years in prison.
He says Manafort's upbringing and education could have led him to an exemplary life, but that at each turn,"Mr. Manafort chose to take a different path."A judge says she'll give former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort credit for accepting responsibility when she determines his sentence.
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