Trump's Ex-Campaign Chief Paul Manafort Sentenced For Fraud

Washington: US President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 47 months in prison for tax and bank fraud, far short of what had been expected and recommended by the sentencing guidelines. The sentence imposed by Judge T.S. Ellis III on Thursday was significantly less than the 19 to 25 years Manafort could have received under the advisory recommendations. Manafort was convicted in 2018 of hiding millions of dollars of income earned through his political consulting in Ukraine. The charges against him stemmed from an inquiry by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The crimes, though serious among white-collar offences, did not relate directly to Manafort's work as Trump's 2016 campaign chairman, CNN reported. (IANS)

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