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Because judge amy berman jackson said so today in court. and this is a quote from her. the no-collusion refrain that runs through the entire defense memorandum is unrelated to matters at hand. the no-collusion mantra is simply a non sequitur, and if thats not clear enough, okay? and it really should be. there is this. the no-collusion mantra is also not accurate because the investigation is still going on. is that clear enough for you? so the judge told everybody in the courtroom the case has no...

A free man. hes going to have to go and answer to those charges. >> manaforts attorney kevin downing, claimed that the judge could see there was no evidence of russian collusion. thats just not true and a flat out lie. the judge never rule on that issue. in fact, she said the no collusion claim, and this is a quote from her, is a non sequitur. why does he keep bringing it up? >> theres someone who wants to hear theres no collusion, and thats the man who has the power to keep paul manafort from s...

Paul manafort facing 7 1/2 years behind bars and a new set of criminal charges. he appeared at his second sentencing and apologized asking for leniency. instead judge jackson ordering manafort to serve an additional 43 months on federal conspiracy and obstruction charges on top of the 47 months he already received in virginia for financial crimes. marshall cohen is joining us now live from washington. good to see you. you were in that courtroom yesterday. and it is interesting what happened both...

Counsels corpsman date of the investigation. allegations that the trump campaign colluded with the russian government to influence the 2016 election. the judge says, quote, it is hard to understand why an attorney would write that. that sentence, like the others, has no citation following it because not one of the judges involved stated at the time they imposed sentence that they considered that to be a factor in their sentencing decisions. the no collusion mantra the judge says is simply a non ...

Judge says is simply a non sequitur that does not bear on the question of the appropriate sentence, and it is not clear whether its even accurate since the investigation is as yet unfinished and no report has been issued. its also not particularly persuasive to argue that an investigation hasnt found anything when you lied to the investigators. so that was judge amy berman jackson today. the judge saying explicitly right before she sentenced paul manafort, look, i wasnt asked to look at russian ...

Manafort, look, i wasnt asked to look at russian collusion in this case, so you guys are bringing it up not for me, and this repeated -- what she calls the no collusion mantra from manafort and his defense team, she says it is a non sequitur, but then remarkably she says its not even clear whether that no collusion mantra is even accurate since the russia collusion investigation is as yet unfinished and no report has been issued. so she is saying i was not asked to look at russia collusion. you ...

Which brings his combined sentence so far to about 7 1/2 years. in court today manafort did what he had failed to do last week. he expressed regret for his actions. and we quote. "i want to say to you now that i am sorry for what ive done. i accept the responsibility for the acts that have caused me to be here today. i will be 70 years old in a few weeks. my wife is 66 years old. i am her primary caregiver. please let my wife and i be together." before pronouncing her sentence judge amy berman j...

He expressed regret for his actions. and we quote. "i want to say to you now that i am sorry for what ive done. i accept the responsibility for the acts that have caused me to be here today. i will be 70 years old in a few weeks. my wife is 66 years old. i am her primary caregiver. please let my wife and i be together." before pronouncing her sentence judge amy berman jackson noted the magnitude of his crimes, his lies to investigators in violation of his plea deal and his apparent lack of remor...

Persuasive to argue that an investigation hasnt found anything when you lied to the investigators. so that was judge amy berman jackson today. the judge saying explicitly right before she sentenced paul manafort, look, i wasnt asked to look at russian collusion in this case, so you guys are bringing it up not for me, and this repeated -- what she calls the no collusion mantra from manafort and his defense team, she says it is a non sequitur, but then remarkably she says its not even clear whethe...

The special counsels investigation, and the sentencing memorandum suggests without foundation that the individuals who received relatively short sentences for lying during the investigation received those sentences because, as the defense put it, courts recognize that these prosecutions bear little to no relation to the special counsels core mandate of the investigation, allegations that the trump campaign colluded with the russian government to influence the 2016 election. the judge says, quote...