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I mean, lawrence, i think thats the thing. there are cases where obviously judges depart downward from the guidelines. thats why they have discretion to do it. theyre usually cases where a defendant expresses regret, remorse, and shows hes a changed person. paul manafort, just the opposite. hes defiant. there are cases perhaps where the defendant cooperates with prosecution. here paul manafort started to do that and then began to lie to the prosecutors. i mean, theres just no rationale, no expla...

Changed person. paul manafort, just the opposite. hes j defiant. there are cases perhaps where the defendant cooperates with prosecution. here paul manafort started to do that and thenrt began to lie to the prosecutors. i mean, theres just no rationale, no explanation for this downward departure. and you know, so i think that its very hard to look at this proceeding and say it was on the level with regard to paul manafort. now, he will face a day in court next week. he will face justice there. a...

Transcript of a closed hearing that manaforts contacts with kilimnik, as one prosecutor put it, quote, very much to the heart of what the special counsels office investigating. tonights sentencing memo could contain more information on what exactly that means. we learned from that same transcript a possible reason why manafort breached his plea deal by lying to investigators as a judge ruled last week. prosecutors said manafort might have lied to them about an extremely sensitive issue to increa...