Analysis: Paul Manafort may be relying on the president to issue a pardon. If he is, he should refocus his energies.
Paul Manafort walks to his vehicle after a status conference at the U.S. Courthouse in Washington on Dec. 11, 2017.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Minutes after Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia imposed a 60 month sentence upon Donald Trump’s onetime campaign manager Paul Manafort on Wednesday, the Manhattan district attorney’s office added to Manafort’s woes by.
Manafort may be relying on the president to issue a pardon. If he is, he should refocus his energies, forget about Trump, and instead rely on his lawyers to challenge this new state indictment based on “double jeopardy” grounds. Unlike the federal pardon, the jeopardy challenge is one he at least has some control over.
The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution states that, “nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.” This
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