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>> i think the hammer is going to fall and its going fall very severely on jackson. and all of the other reports are only going to make that sentence even worse for him. i think the real issue here, and what a lot of folks have been talking about is whether or not these sentences are going to be concurrent or consecutive. and here these are separate crimes. i think its clear that this judge is moving in the direction that the sentences are not going to be concurrent. >> youre talking with manafo...

Investigations. in fact, we know judge jackson found he lied to the mueller prosecutors on, among other things, one of the central issues to the mueller probe. so for them to have judge ellis announce that hes going from 19 1/2 down to just 3 years and leonardo months i think really does damage in so many ways to the system. i think judge jackson, who is strong, independent, smart, no nonsense and law and order is going to get the manafort sentence right. and for this former career prosecutor, t...

Bargaining, his behavior with the association with all of these other folks around him that have engaged in all of this terrible behavior. all of that adds to more years. all of that adds to a not considering a mitigating factor to keep someone or run a sentence thats going to be concurrent. whats going to result here is a heavy stack of sentences and a heavy stack of years i believe for manafort. and were going see that in a matter of days. my guess is 14 years or more for these charges. and yo...

Potential sentence of up to ten more years. the other literally pleading for his liberty before he goes to trial. how does this compare to other legal cases youve been involved in when you see people flying so high, now even on a best case scenario, even the quote/unquote lenient sentence facing real tough times? >> i think that leniency is out the window. and when you hear these please that theyre making now to stay out of custody, i think its going to fall on deaf ears. i think those statement...

On all of the legalities, i want to begin with two former federal prosecutors, glen kirshner and paul henderson. good evening, jeff. >> good evening. thanks for having us. >> glen, what do you see is important in this big week? >> you know, im actually looking forward to the manafort sentencing, because i think judge ellis is really unjust and unjustifiable sentence of manafort so far below the guidelines with really no justification for it. does harm not only to sort of the mueller probe, but r...

Together and just gives him the ten years when he is facing actually two decades, i think he is likely to look at a sentence of something like 14 years. but even if she rolls them in and contemplates the mitigating factors which i dont think she is likely to do because of his behavior in this case, i still think its going to be around 14 years and not the 10 or something lower. >> and, glenn, one of the reasons that the country has been having a big debate over criminal justice inequity since th...