Paul Manafort “repeatedly and brazenly violated the law,” prosecutors told the judge in the Washington, D.C., trial of President Trump’s former campaign manager.
The longtime lobbyist “committed an array of felonies for over a decade, up through the fall of 2018,” according to a sentencing memo from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office that was released Saturday.
The lengthy document describes lies told to everyone from Manafort’s own bookkeepers and lawyers to FBI and congressional officials—proving his “hardened adherence to committing crimes.”
Manafort pleaded guilty in September to multiple counts of tax fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and perjury. His plea deal limits his sentence in the Washington case to 10 years in jail.
But he’s also on the hook to spend 19 to 24 years in prison for charges in a related trial in Virginia.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled Manafort guilty of lying to prosecutors two weeks ago—a decision that could lengthen his sentence in a hearing set for March 13.