Name: Who Is Paul Manafort? | NYT News
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Paul Manafort: an experienced political consultant

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“Some people might term it influence-peddling.”

He’s also Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman.

Now, he has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.

Manafort worked on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign

“that links Donald Trump’s campaign manager

Reports had surfaced of Manafort’s business dealings

and secret lobbying efforts in the United States.

was appointed to oversee the investigation

into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia

and any other wrongdoing he caught along the way.

that Manafort engaged in a tax and bank fraud scheme

that allowed him to hide  millions of dollars

of financial fraud in one case in Northern Virginia.

In a separate case, Mueller charged Manafort

He agreed to cooperate and pleaded guilty.

But it was later ruled that he had deceived prosecutors

about a few things, including his interactions

with a Russian associate, a breach of his plea deal.

Manafort has now been sentenced in both cases.

He has also agreed to give up  cash and property,

Of the half dozen former Trump associates prosecuted by Mueller,

Manafort received the harshest punishment yet.