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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 in and then later outside the courtroom. because abj as we like to call her, the judge, said that t...

Judge in virginia who's weighing paul manafort's sentence, he's not supposed to be sentencing paul manafort on whether or not paul manafort colluded with russia. that's not in this case. this is tax fraud, bank fraud and foreign bank accounts. there's no reason to believe that the no collusion, no collusion argument is going to have any impact on how the judge interprets the sentencing guidelines in this case, and figures out how manafort's conduct and these crimes might map onto those sentencing guidelines. because of that, because they're making this argument, this no collusion argument, tha...

Right? and figures out how manafort's conduct and these crimes might map on to those sentencing guidelines. because of that, because they're making this argument, this no collusion argument that is totally ex teternal to this casi think it is worth recognizing, at least worth considering, that the real idea here from paul manafort's defense is that they are now aiming their arguments not necessarily at this judge. they are now aiming their arguments at the public, at the press, and ultimately at the white house. it appears that their idea here is that it would be more politically palatable for...

I mean, this judge, this federal judge in virginia was weighing paul manafort's sentence, he's not supposed to be sentencing paul manafort on whether or not paul manafort colluded with russia. this is tax fraud, bank fraud and foreign bank accounts. there is no reason for manafort or his lawyers to believe that the no collusion, no collusion argument is going to have any impact on how the judge interprets the sentencing guidelines and figures out how man manafort's conduct might bond to the sentencing guidelines. because of that, because they are making this argument, this no collusion argumen...