a fine range of $50,000 to $24.4 million. restitution in the amount of $24.8 million and forfeiture in the amount of $4.4 million. the defendant stands convicted of the serious crimes of tax fraud, bank fraud and failing to file a foreign bank account report. manafort was the lead perpetrator and direct beneficiary of each offense. while some of these offenses are commonly prosecuted, there was nothing ordinary about the millions of dollars involved in the defendant s crimes, the duration of his criminal conduct or the sophistication of his schemes. footnote one. footnote one reads, quote, manafort was being investigated prior to the may 2017 appointment of the special counsel by prosecutors in this district, meaning in the eastern district of virginia, and by prosecutors in the criminal division of the department of justice. oh.
as the new attorney general william barr started his job leaving the husband of one senior white house staffer to proclaim william barr starting as ag says william will be gone. as william barr took the reigns for his first day today, this is what prosecutors in robert mueller s office told a federal judge tonight who is starting the sentencing process for president trump s campaign chairman paul j manafort. this is what they told the judge. the united states of america by and threw special counsel robert s. mueller files this submission to address the sentencing of paul j manafort junior. as an initial matter, the government agrees with the guidelines and presentence investigation report. and it s calculations of the total offense level as 38. with a corresponding range of imprisonment of 235 to 293 months. that s 19.5 years to 24.5 years in prison. a fine range of $50,000 to $24.4
a fine range of $50,000 to $24.4 million. restitution in the amount of $24.8 million and forfeiture in the amount of $4.4 million. the defendant stands convicted of the serious crimes of tax fraud, bank fraud and failing to file a foreign bank account report. manafort was the lead perpetrator and direct beneficiary of each offense. while some of these offenses are commonly prosecuted, there was nothing ordinary about the millions of dollars involved in the defendant s crimes, the duration of his criminal conduct or the sophistication of his schemes. footnote one. footnote one reads, quote, manafort was being investigated prior to the may 2017 appointment of the special counsel by prosecutors in this district, meaning in the eastern district of virginia, and by prosecutors in the criminal division of the department of justice. oh. they were already pursuing manafort before mueller was ever appointed.