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Manafort had committed here. he cited a lot of cases, some of the cases that he had heard in this very courtroom, that he said he gave people probation or just, you know, a few months in prison. so he was struggling with the idea that of sentencing paul manafort to 19 to 24 years in prison, but he also said that this was obviously a very serious crime and that's why he arrived, eventually, at 47 months. so just under four years. i think a lot of people were surprised. >> yeah. >> reporter: you could see the look of astonishment on the look of a couple of -- on the faces of a couple of the pros...