US President Donald Trump’s former election campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been sentenced by a federal judge to less than four years in prison for financial crimes revealed during US Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s alleged role in the 2016 US presidential election.
US District Judge T.S. Ellis imposed the 47-month sentence on Manafort on Thursday during a hearing in Alexandria, Virginia, a surprisingly lenient sentence that was far less than government guidelines.
Manafort was convicted by a jury last August of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one count of failing to disclose foreign bank accounts.
Manafort has been jailed since June, so he will receive credit for the nine months he has already served.