Rudy Giuliani praised Paul Manafort’s remarkably short prison sentence for tax and bank fraud as “justice” on Friday.
“I believe it was justice,” the Trump lawyer told the Hill. “The judge was right on target.”
Giuliani blasted the “overzealous prosecutors” with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team while expressing sympathy toward Manafort, who’s “not dangerous to anybody.”
U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis sentenced the former Trump campaign chairman to 47 months in prison, far below the 19-24 years the probation office had recommended. Ellis criticized that sentencing range as “excessive.”
After the sentencing on Thursday, Giuliani bemoaned “the way Manafort has been treated up to this point.”
Don’t bury the lede, Rudy. The man who ran Trump’s national campaign for President just got four years in a federal penitentiary…with a lot more time on the way. No way to dance around that. You don’t think America deserves better?
"Giuliani blasted the “overzealous prosecutors” with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team while expressing sympathy toward Manafort, who’s “not dangerous to anybody.”
I remember when Rudy used to prosecute tax cheats, but that was then.