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Running. >> when he pled guilty it meant the prosecutors were not going to try him for more crimes in dd. krfrmt and would not try him for the additional counts. he got the benefit saying you don't have to go to trial. you lie and don't hold up your end of the bargain. you get a sentence that reflects. it was judge jackson who put him in jail because he was trying to avoid having justice served. >> and i want to mention also usa. today did an analysis sentenced in 2016 and found only one other fraud defendant that fell below the guidelines like manafort did last week. the timing was quite unus...

Manafort would not be in this situation. jackson blasted that approach saying i'm sorry i got caught is not an inspiring plea for leniency. he said he lied to conditioning and the american people. if the people don't have the facts democracy doesn't work. she later rebuked manafort for lying afterh his arrest. judge jackson also took issue with the assertion that the charges he faced weren't linked to russian collusion. she called them just one more thing that's inconsistent with any genuine acceptance of responsibility. with a presidential pardon ton table he was quick to step outside the cou...

Case. that makes two courts. >> wean the two sentences that manafort faced it could have been much worse for him. it's very clear his legal team was not happy. one of his attorneys criticized the judge's in handing down this sentence today. >> all right. thanks so much. let's go to cnn, the manhattan defense attorney. anouned this new criminal case just after he learned his prison sentence today. he seemed to have a message specifically for manafort. >> he did. these charges were announced moments after the judge sentenced manafort bringing to an end the federal aspect of the legal or deal. he...

Taking number of questions from reporters following his announcement that they are issuing an emergency order to ground all boeing 737 max 8s and max 9s after the two crashes involving that same kind of aircraft. the president also asked about manafort and despite the obvious falsehood that the democrats are for crime and the falsehood that no collusion was prooumven toda the president also saying that he hasn't given thought to pardoning manafort. the man who led president trump's presidential campaign was sentenced today to additional time in prison. that brings manafort's total sentence to ...

>> that claim that no collusion or no conspiracy was proven today, that's false. what the judge actually said is matters of collusion or conspiracy were not being discussed in court. the judge admonished his attorneys for no collusion reference calling it a non. trump said he is right now in my mind. i do feel badly for manafort. >> an ally of the president is already warning him against pardoning manafort. graham said it would be a political disaster. manafort is now looking at serving several years behind bars. we have our team of reporters covering all angles.