Paul Manafort Is Using His Final Pleas For Leniency At Sentencing To Also Attack Robert Mueller
WASHINGTON – Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort on Friday continued to attack special counsel Robert Mueller, accusing Mueller's office of not only vilifying him, but also of"spreading misinformation."
Manafort's lawyers repeated their claim that Mueller pursued Manafort for crimes largely unrelated to his work on President Donald Trump's campaign in order to pressure Manafort to flip on the president. Political and legal pundits have speculated that Manafort is angling for a pardon; Trump in November"The Special Counsel’s strategy in bringing charges against Mr.
Special counsel prosecutors didn't advocate for a specific sentence, but argued whatever Ellis imposed, it"should reflect the seriousness of these crimes, and serve to both deter Manafort and others from engaging in such conduct." "Given the severe damage to his professional reputation and the enormous investigative efforts of the Special Counsel to examine every aspect of his life, he poses no future risk to the public of reoffending and specific deterrence for a soon-to-be septuagenarian is not necessary under these circumstances," his lawyers wrote.
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