The former Trump campaign chairman is set to be sentenced twice in two weeks.
By Rachel Weiner Rachel Weiner Local reporter covering federal court in Alexandria, Va. and local court in Arlington and Alexandria. Email Bio Follow March 1 at 5:21 PM Paul Manafort asked a federal judge in Virginia to give him a prison term “significantly below” the 19 to 24 years called for under sentencing guidelines, calling that range “clearly disproportionate to” his crimes of bank and tax fraud.
In Alexandria, Manafort, 69, was found guilty at trial of stashing the money he made as a lobbyist from Ukrainian oligarchs overseas to avoid taxes and then committing bank fraud to keep up a lavish lifestyle when his patrons lost power. Although jurors could not agree on 10 out of 18 charges, Manafort later admitted full culpability while pleading guilty to related crimes in D.C. federal court.
Manafort has previously found a somewhat sympathetic ear in the Virginia case from Judge T.S. Ellis III. His attorneys even quoted Ellis when arguing in Washington that Manafort was singled out by the special counsel so he would help with their probe of Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election and provide details of President Trump’s campaign.
After losing at trial in Virginia, Manafort did plead guilty to conspiracy in Washington, acknowledging his financial crimes as well as illegal lobbying efforts on Ukraine’s behalf. He agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. There is no upper limit on Manafort’s Virginia sentence. His sentence in Washington is capped at 10 years but could run consecutive to any prison term in the Virginia case.
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