Article snippet: The federal criminal cases against MORE’s former campaign chairman ended Wednesday with the second of two dramatic sentencing hearings in the past week. MORE’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and links between the Trump campaign and Moscow. Here’s what you need to know about his punishment. How much time he will serve The federal judge presiding over the criminal trial in Virginia sentenced Manafort to 47 months in prison last week for his conviction on eight criminal charges, far less than the 19 ½ to 24 years recommended under federal guidelines. In that sentence, Manafort got 24 months for each of the five counts of filing false income tax returns, 30 months for one count of failing to report foreign bank accounts and 47 months for each of the two counts of bank fraud. But Judge T.S. Ellis III, who was appointed by former President Reagan, ordered those terms to run concurrently. Had he made them consecutive sentences, Manafort likely would be spending much more time behind bars. Ellis also gave Manafort nine months off for time already served. On Wednesday, a federal district court judge in Washington added 43 months to Manafort’s prison stay. Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who was appointed by former President Obama, sentenced Manafort to 60 months for one count of conspiracy against the United States, which included conspiracy to launder money, commit tax fraud, lie to the Department of Justice, fail to file foreign ba... Link to the full article to read more