Mueller says former campaign manager Paul Manafort deserves 19-24 years ...

Special Counsel Robert Mueller seeks tough sentence for Paul Manafort saying ex-Trump campaign chairman deserves 19-24 years in prison  Prosecutors for the Special Cousel urged a federal judge in Virginia on Friday to impose a strict prison sentence for Trump's former campaign chairman A jury last year convicted Paul Manafort on eight counts of bank and tax fraud  Prosecutors said Manafort, 69, deserves between 19.6 and 24.4 years in prison and a fine of between $50,000 and $24 million It comes days after a judge ruled Manafort had breached his plea agreement in another case by lying to investigators despite a pledge to cooperate

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Published: 01:13 GMT, 16 February 2019 | Updated: 01:58 GMT, 16 February 2019

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Prosecutors for Special Counsel Robert Mueller urged a federal judge in Virginia on Friday to impose a strict prison sentence for President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort.

The 69-year-old last year convicted by a jury on eight counts of bank and tax fraud.

In their sentencing memo filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, prosecutors said Manafort deserves between 19.6 and 24.4 years in prison and a fine of between $50,000 and $24 million.

Friday's court filing in Virginia came just days after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that Manafort had breached his plea agreement in a parallel case by lying to

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