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Democrats' Lawsuit Alleging Trump-Russia Conspiracy Is Dismissed
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by the Democratic National Committee that had accused President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, WikiLeaks and Russia of illegally conspiring to damage Hillary Clinton’s presidential run.Manafort's prison sentence is nearly doubled to 7.5 years
The proceedings amounted to a wrenching defeat for Manafort, 69, who came to his sentencing in a wheelchair because of gout and pleaded for probation so he could spend his final years with his wife.Manafort's Prison Sentence Is Nearly Doubled to 7.5 Years
WASHINGTON — A federal judge nearly doubled the prison sentence of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to 7 1/2 years on Wednesday, denouncing him as a man who “spent a significant portion of his career gaming the system.”Manafort's Prison Sentence Is Nearly Doubled to 7.5 Years
WASHINGTON — A federal judge nearly doubled the prison sentence of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to 7 1/2 years on Wednesday, denouncing him as a man who “spent a significant portion of his career gaming the system.”Paul Manafort Sentenced to 3.5 More Years in Prison
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, has been ordered to serve a total of 7 1/2 years in prison after a second federal judge added more time to his sentence on Wednesday, saying he “spent a significant portion of his career gaming the system.”Paul Manafort Is Sentenced to 3.5 More Years in Prison
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, has been ordered to serve a total of 7 1/2 years in prison after a second federal judge added more time to his sentence on Wednesday, saying he “spent a significant portion of his career gaming the system.”Paul Manafort Is Sentenced to 3.5 More Years in Prison
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, has been ordered to serve a total of 7 1/2 years in prison after a second federal judge added more time to his sentence on Wednesday, saying he “spent a significant portion of his career gaming the system.”Paul Manafort Is Sentenced to 3.5 More Years in Prison
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman who was sentenced last week to nearly four years in prison, was ordered on Wednesday to serve an additional 3 1/2 years for conspiracy, closing out the special counsel’s highest-profile prosecution.Paul Manafort Is Sentenced to 3.5 More Years in Prison
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman who was sentenced last week to nearly four years in prison, was ordered on Wednesday to serve an additional 3 1/2 years for conspiracy, closing out the special counsel’s highest-profile prosecution.Manafort Faces Up to 10 Years in Conspiracy Cases
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, the president’s former campaign chairman, who was sentenced last week to 47 months in prison, faces the prospect of even more time behind bars when a federal judge in the District of Columbia sentences him Wednesday for conspiracy.Manafort Faces Up to 10 Years in Conspiracy Cases
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, the president’s former campaign chairman, who was sentenced last week to 47 months in prison, faces the prospect of even more time behind bars when a federal judge in the District of Columbia sentences him Wednesday for conspiracy.Manafort Faces Up to 10 Years in Conspiracy Cases
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, the president’s former campaign chairman, faces the possibility of a substantially longer prison term than the one he received last week when a federal judge in the District of Columbia sentences him on Wednesday for conspiracy.Manafort Faces Up to 10 Years in Conspiracy Cases
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, the president’s former campaign chairman, faces the possibility of a substantially longer prison term than the one he received last week when a federal judge in the District of Columbia sentences him on Wednesday for conspiracy.Manafort is sentenced to less than 4 years in 1 of 2 cases against him
A team of Mueller’s prosecutors sat glum-faced while Ellis delivered his decision. Manafort, who has gout and came to the hearing in a wheelchair with his foot heavily bandaged, had asked the judge for compassion.Manafort Is Sentenced to Less Than 4 Years in 1 of 2 Cases Against Him
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort, the political consultant and Trump presidential campaign chairman whose lucrative work in Ukraine and ties to well-connected Russians made him a target of special counsel Robert Mueller, was sentenced to 47 months in prison Thursday in the financial fraud case that left his grand lifestyle and power-broker reputation in ruins.Paul Manafort to Be Sentenced Thursday in 1 of 2 Cases Against Him
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, the political consultant and Trump presidential campaign chairman whose lucrative work in Ukraine and ties to well-connected Russians made him a target of the special counsel, Robert Mueller, faces sentencing on Thursday in the financial fraud case that left his grand lifestyle and power-broker reputation in ruins.Paul Manafort to Be Sentenced Thursday in 1 of 2 Cases Against Him
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, the political consultant and Trump presidential campaign chairman whose lucrative work in Ukraine and ties to well-connected Russians made him a target of the special counsel, Robert Mueller, faces sentencing on Thursday in the financial fraud case that left his grand lifestyle and power-broker reputation in ruins.Lawyers seek lenient sentence for Manafort
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, asked a federal judge in Northern Virginia on Friday to show leniency when he sentences Manafort next week, casting him as a loyal, compassionate, idealistic man who has learned a “harsh lesson.”Paul Manafort's lawyers argue he has been unfairly 'vilified' before sentencing
In a sentencing memorandum to the federal judge who will decide his punishment next month for two felonies to which Manafort pleaded guilty last year, his legal team said his crimes did not warrant a substantial prison term, especially given his age.