13-03-2019, 22:43
Manafort has been sentenced to 73 months in jail for his 2nd set of offences with 30 months to run concurrently with the 47 months he got last week.
He will therefore serve a total of 90 months
No news yet on a Trump pardon but some Republicans are saying he should wait until after the 2020 election. Then win or lose he could pardon him and the electorate couldn't punish Trump at the ballot box.
Seperately in New York Manafort has been charged with mortgage fraud and other crimes (Trump cannot pardon those)
He will therefore serve a total of 90 months
No news yet on a Trump pardon but some Republicans are saying he should wait until after the 2020 election. Then win or lose he could pardon him and the electorate couldn't punish Trump at the ballot box.
Seperately in New York Manafort has been charged with mortgage fraud and other crimes (Trump cannot pardon those)