Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled this evening that Paul Manafort's multiple lies to the Special Counsel, the FBI and grand jury were "material to the investigation" and were in violation of his plea agreement:
FROM THE FILING: "The Office of Special Counsel is no longer bound by its obligations under the plea agreement, including its promise to support a reduction of the offense level in the calculation of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines for acceptance of responsibility." https://t.co/bgNEnm7VIg— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) February 13, 2019
As a result, he's now looking at some serious jail time:
Prosecutors have said they don't have plans at this time to bring additional charges against Manafort. But the finding Wednesday that Manafort misled prosecutors brings additional detractions into his upcoming sentencings. He will ultimately receive two sentences that could total decades in prison, one for the financial convictions and one for the guilty plea.
Jackson is scheduled to deliver the first sentence on March 13. Manafort has been in jail for eight months already.OK, we'll say it: Lock him up!
