tonight we literally get a reference to paul manafort being an alter boy. there s the inevitable mention of his humble beginnings. there is that odd clanging assertion that paul manafort, quote, has spent his life advancing american ideals and principles. that was in the other sentencing memo his defense filed in the other court where he s facing charges, too. but here s the thing that i think is really going on here. here s why i think this sentencing document is actually really important here. i think it explains a whole bunch of what we have been seeing recently in this case, and i think it explains something important about how this whole thing with the president s campaign chairman, how it may end up playing at the white house. this manafort case in virginia is basically done now, right? all that s left in this case is for the judge to pass sentence. that s where this document tonight is manafort s lawyers telling the judge that their
calculated an advisory sentencing range of roughly 19.5 to 24 years. this range is clearly disproportionate to the conduct for which mr. manafort was convicted. the defense submits that a sentence substantially below the range calculated by probation is warranted. and that s how it starts. thereafter we get 40 or so more pages of how what paul manafort did is really no big deal. and we get lots and lots of letters of support from his relatives about what a good guy he is. on page 11 of this new filing tonight, we literally get a reference to paul manafort being an altar boy. there s the inevitable mention of his humble beginnings. there is that odd clanging assertion that paul manafort, quote, has spent his life advancing american ideals and principles. that was in the other sentencing memo, his defense filed in the
relatives what a good guy he is. we get a reference to paul manafort being an alter boy. there is the inevitable mention of his humble beginnings. there is that odd clanging assertion that paul manafort quote spent his life advancing american ideas and principles. that was in the other sentencing memo in the other court he s facing charges, too. but here is the thing that i think is really going on here. here is why i think this sentencing document is important here because i think it explains a whole bunch of what we have been seeing recently in this case, and i think it explains something important about how this whole thing with the president s campaign chairman, how it may end up playing at the white house. this manafort case in virginia is basically done now, right? all that s left in that case is for the judge to pass sentence. that s where this document tonight is manafort s lawyers telling the judge that their