Ruth Keefe

[morningpleaser @JoseRubenMoral6]

@matthewamiller It’s just so disheartening the even with all the evidence presented to Ellis he still pissed on the judicial guidelines....

[A Canadian View From Above @majicmahon]

@matthewamiller 2....Immediately upon hearing @KenDilanianNBC read of the sentencing, I thought back to the scene in The Untouchables, where they came in and removed the compromised Judge. A terrible day for the USA! BAD people are celebrating........

[Raven @overfossilfuels]

@matthewamiller A Louisiana man got 13 years for possession of 2 joints. Manafort got 4 years. What is wrong with this picture?

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

My view on Manafort sentence: Guidelines there for a reason. His crimes took place over years and he led far from a “blameless life.” Crimes committed in an office building should be treated as seriously as crimes committed on a street corner. Can’t have two systems of justice!

[Chris Hayes @chrislhayes]

Saying Manafort lived an otherwise blameless life is.....whoooo boy.

[Ari Melber @AriMelber]

Paul Manafort’s lenient 4-year sentence — far below the recommended 20 years despite extensive felonies and post-conviction obstruction — is a reminder of the blatant inequities in our justice system that we all know about, because they reoccur every week in courts across America

[Mark Hertling @MarkHertling]

I’m not a lawyer, but I agree with @eliehonig . Will admit bias, as I saw up close the effects of what Manafort did in Ukraine, and that certainly doesn’t fit in the category of a “blameless” life. It just does not seem in line with American justice.

[David Wood @DavidWood525]

@eliehonig @SethAbramson You forgot 'show no remorse'. He didn't even apologize today

[Marisol aka Blackie 🇵🇷 @mmercado86]

@eliehonig @PrincessBravato ...a blameless life” How dare that judge. I’m so upset. 4 years, PLUS time served??? So that means 3 yrs and change. To be white & rich in America. Not justice. 😡

[Andy Slavitt @ASlavitt]

Life for selling marijuana.
4 years for selling your country.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Try being a black kid with 1.00001 ounces of marijuana an not getting the mandatory minimum.

[Active Measures @ActMeasuresDoc]

Judge Ellis thinks representing authoritarian dictators, torturers, coups, mobsters, hatching a plot to attack US Marines overseas, back-channeling about a US election with Russian intelligence, laundering money, committing bank fraud, ripping off HUD makes you blameless. #NYAG

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

Judge Ellis’s assessment that Manafort led an “otherwise blameless life” was proof that he’s unfit to serve on the federal bench. I’ve rarely been more disgusted by a judge’s transparently preferential treatment to a rich white guy who betrayed the law and the nation.

[Elie Honig @eliehonig]

A below-guidelines sentence would’ve been perfectly fair but 47 months is a joke. Steal millions from US Government, violate bail, get convicted by jury, fake cooperate, lie to prosecutors, refuse to accept responsibility - and get an enormous break. That’s an unjust sentence.

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

Manafort was sentenced to less than a woman who voted while on probation without knowing she wasn’t allowed to. She was sentenced to 5 years. https://t.co/oDyhH8K0bJ

[Neal Katyal @neal_katyal]

If the breaking news reports that Manafort didn't apologize or express remorse are correct, there is only one explanation I can come up with given the devastating evidence and charges: Manafort is angling to get a pardon from Trump. Let's read his statement in full and see.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

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(it's not like Paul Manafort is about to be sentenced, and Rudy Giuliani is Trump's point man on pardons)

[Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior]

Embassy Staffers Say Jared Kushner Shut Them Out of Saudi Meetings https://t.co/Q3ykrXlrsm