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Remorseful for the conduct. manafort is a first-time offender, nearly 70 years old and after spending months in jail after another judge decided he was trying to influence witnesses. we know president trump is paying close attention to this case and manafort lawyers seem to be using their memo to drive home one of the presidents favorite talking points. the mueller investigation has, so far, found no collusion. manaforts lawyers argue that the mueller investigation targeted manafort for prosecut...

Denied any involvement. paul manafort is making a plea for less jail time. hes facing 25 years in prison. as one judge said, manafort intentionally lied. evan perez has the details. >> paul manafort asked the judge to show leniency when they sentence him next week. he was found guilty on bank and tax crimes. his lawyers say the possible range of 19 to 24 years in prison is disproportionate to the crimes that he committed. than for the is, quote, truly remorseful. manafort is a first-time offen...

Campaign chairman paul manafort. he is making a desperate plea to judges for less time in jail. manafort faces up to 25 years in prison for financial crimes in one case, but it is an uphill battle for his legal team. its especially because, as one judge puts it, he intention ally lied to the court. evan perez has this. report. paul manafo >> reporter: paul manafort asked a judge to show leniency when he sentences him. he was found guilty in bank crimes. manaforts lawyers say the possible range o...

Whether he holds kim personally responsible he says i take him at his board when kim says he has nothing to do with ottos death. manaforts lawyers just filed court papers arguing he should get a reduced sentence. this is just in. walk us through this. >> the bulk of the memo argues that he deserves less time than the special counsel argued. the guidelines in the eastern district for which he is convicted is 19 and a half to 24 years. they also point out he is a first time offender. there are a...

A second chance at success. look at this, alice marie johnson, her sentence was commuted. one time offender. president trump did that. just last month, the first beneficiary office prison reform bill, matthew charles, released after spending decades in prison for a nonviolentca drug offense, another accomplishment. the previous presidents, they made the promise, they never delivered on the promise. barack obama, hollywood fawning over him, he never got prison reform gun, he never had record low ...

His administration that line up to the russian government, president vladimir putin. what are you thinking about or watching for as he heads to this north korean summit? >> im looking for whatever concessions he might be tempted to make with the thought that its going to get kim jong-un to denuclearize and i am -- i was very concerned when he decided to suspend the training exercise with the south koreans. this is so military forces to operate and train with our allies and partner forces in the ...

Decided to suspend the training exercises with the south koreans. this is so important for u.s. military forces to be able to interoperate and train with our allied and partnered forces in the region, not just for north korea but any eventuality there. he gives up the things without understanding the implications. who knows as he gets together with kim jong-un in a tete-a-tete, if vladimir putin is whispering in his ear or president xi. president xi is the biggest offender of kim jong-un. mr. tr...

Thats where he would be summoned from. but here, the onus is on kraft to turn himself in. nobody is going to be knocking down his door here in florida or trying to extradite him from massachusetts. its on him to show up here and turn himself in, which we dont expect him to do. he has every right to deal with this entirely through his attorney, communicating with the states attorneys office here in palm beach and as a first time offender, were told by the state attorneys office, it is very unlike...

Theyd pull over the vehicle the men were in and then get their identification but not tell them why they were being pulled over, that they were being pulled over in connection with this human trafbing ring. theyd pull them over. they pulled over kraeuts white bentley, according to court documents, and got his drivers license. so he will, in fact, be charged it sounds like two counts of solicitation of prosecution, first degree misdemeanor which could carry up to a year in jail. now, its not like...

This is the actual sentencing memo. see how the black lines are here, this is the redactions that you are talking about. 25 pages. i spoke with our justice producer a little while ago who says there are no major bomb shells today. many expected to find out a specific prison recommendation for paul manafort. theres no specific number mentioned. if memo reads, consistent with the practice, the government does not a take a position with respect to a particular sentence to be imposed. inned stead, t...