Paul Manafort received a prison sentence of 47 months, a month shy of four years, for tax and bank fraud. And the left is apoplectic, screaming that the sentencing judge, T. S. Ellis, is a Trump-loving toady and Manafort should have received the maximum sentence of 20 to 25 years, which would have been unreasonably harsh considering average sentences for those offenses historically in federal courts.
In 2016, “the average length of a prison sentence for tax fraud was 15 months, or one year and three months.”
“According to the Federal Bank Fraud Statute, the maximum penalty a defendant can receive (for bank fraud) is 30 years and a 1 million dollar fine, with average sentence being 3 to 7 years depending on the specifics of the case.”
Thus, Manafort’s sentence was totally in keeping with precedential sentencing for the same offenses.
So, why the righteous indignation from the left over what they view as a lenient sentence for Manafort?
I’ll tell you why. Because liberals are partisan scum, trash of the most foul sort. These are the same people who excuse every apparent criminal act by the Clintons, Obama, and all other leftists. Anything short of Paul Manafort being skinned alive on national television is a travesty to these people, all to make it appear that President Trump is somehow himself culpable.
Please explain how Manafort cheating on his taxes is "damaging to the country." Damage would be something like selling 20% of America's uranium to a nuclear adversary. Oh, wait, that never happened, right?
— Thomas Madison (@tmadison200) March 9, 2019
Including almost no one ever gets prosecuted for this stuff.
— Paul H Jossey (@PaulHJossey) March 8, 2019
The judge's sentencing was completely in line with precedence.
— Thomas Madison (@tmadison200) March 9, 2019
Really? Have you looked up the average sentencing for tax and bank fraud? I did and Judge Ellis' sentencing is totally in line with precedence.
— Thomas Madison (@tmadison200) March 9, 2019
You would likely receive the same or less. Look it up. Judge Ellis' sentencing was totally in keeping with precedence.
— Thomas Madison (@tmadison200) March 9, 2019
There you go! Perfectly said by a foaming-at-the-mouth liberal from the side that claims the mantle of love and compassion and forgiveness. Uh-huh.
— Thomas Madison (@tmadison200) March 9, 2019
4 years was appropriate- the judge literally said that- which gave Mueller a smack down
— Karolyn Smith (@KSmithSpeaking) March 8, 2019
You say you are "not sure what the appropriate sentence should have been," then follow that immediately with your declaration that "4 years is pretty light." You said this in the same sentence. How does it feel to be a total dumbass? Does it hurt?
— Thomas Madison (@tmadison200) March 9, 2019
