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Months behind bars bringing his total sentence to 7.5 years in prison. notably judge jackson says the court is one of those places where facts still matters. she questions manafort's contrition and made it clear the question of collusion was not relevant in this case. she says the no collusion refrain runs through the entire defense memo is entirely unrelated to the matters at hand. the no collusion man ta is simply a non-sequitur. the investigation is still ongoing. probably a reason that begins with a "p." paul manafort's lawyer walked out in court and saying the opposite. >> judge jackson c...

His other interass gets to the heart of the mission of the special counsel, which is of course proving or investigating collusion with russia. that said we did not see anything reflejting that -- the heart of that mission in the charges against manafort. and soi think that is giving the grounds for trump and for manafort's lawyers to say this was not about russian collusion. the judge seemed to bristle at times sawing that's a non sequitur. but it's notable given the special counsel tried to take this there and the judge seemed to be willing to entertain this. it was not in this case. in the r...

Kind of sentence paul manafort got, one that shocked even veteran prosecutors, because paul manafort's sentence of nearly four years in prison on eight felony financial fraud counts was far less than the 19 -- 19 1/2 to 24 years that were recommended by the federal sentencing guidelines for his crimes. far less than we've seen people sentenced for for anything from mistakenly voting in an election with a previous felony conviction or being convicted for marijuana possession. for a lot of people watching that sentence, yesterday felt like an object lesson in rich man's justice. and then last ni...

Of his life in prison. he has nothing to lose at this point. >> max, let me bring you in because the defense team is also emphasizing that the special counsel hasn't charged him with any illegal coordination with russian government officials in 2016. they're making the claim that there is no evidence of collusion. your reaction here given what we know about manafort's interaction, especially with konstantin kilimnik. >> this is really the last refuge of the scoundrel in this case, don, to claim, oh, you know, i committed all these other felonies, but i didn't commit, quote, unquote, collusion ...

He has nothing to lose at this point. >> max, let me bring you in because the defense team is also emphasizing that the special counsel hasn't charged him with any illegal coordination with russian government officials in 2016. they're making the claim that there is no evidence of collusion. your reaction here given what we know about manafort's interaction, especially with konstantin kilimnik. >> this is really the last refuge of the scoundrel in this case, don, to claim, oh, you know, i committed all these other felonies, but i didn't commit, quote, unquote, collusion with russia, which as w...