Mueller Says Manafort Should Be Sentenced To Up To 24.4 Years In Jail - Court Filing

US Special Counsel Robert Mueller recommended that Paul Manafort, US President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, be sentenced to 19.6 - 24.4 years in prison in the case where he was found guilty of a number of financial crimes

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 16th February, 2019) US Special Counsel Robert Mueller recommended that Paul Manafort, US President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, be sentenced to 19.6 - 24.4 years in prison in the case where he was found guilty of a number of financial crimes.

"The government agrees with the guidelines analysis in the Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) and its calculation of the defendant's Total Offense Level as 38 with a corresponding range of imprisonment of 235 to 293 months, a fine range of $50,000 to $24,371,491.74, a term of supervised release of up to five years, restitution in the amount of $24,815,108.

74, and forfeiture in the amount of $4,412,500," the submission filed by Mueller with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, published by the Axios news outlet, read.

Axios noted that if the court ruled in favor of the sentence, suggested by Mueller, it would practically be a life sentence for Manafort, who is 69.

Manafort's financial crimes were brought to light by Mueller's investigation into the alleged collusion between Trump's campaign team and Russia, which both parties have denied.