Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is a “hardened” criminal who “repeatedly and brazenly violated the law,” prosecutors told a Washington federal judge. For instance, the special counsel’s sentencing memo details Manafort’s illegal campaign to turn high-ranking American leaders against Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko and toward the pro-Russian strongman who put her in jail, Viktor Yanukovych.
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Washington Post: Prosecutors say Manafort a ‘hardened’ and ‘bold’ criminal
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 15, 2018 (FILES) In this file photo taken on June 15, 2018 Paul Manafort arrives for a hearing at US District Court on June 15, 2018 in Washington, DC.
