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Paul Manafort

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double jeopardy

As the Dismissed Charges Against Paul Manafort Show, New York Democrats Love Double Jeopardy When It Hurts Trump's Cronies

Recent revisions to state law will facilitate such duplicative prosecutions of people associated with the president.

Jacob Sullum | 12.19.2019 3:05 PM

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Reason Roundup

Whistleblower Report Alleges Trump Used Presidential Power for Personal Gain

Plus: how Paul Manafort may be involved, the Crowdstrike conspiracy theory, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.26.2019 9:40 AM

Paul Manafort | Alexandria Sheriff''s Office/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Criminal Justice

Nobody Should Be Placed in Solitary Confinement—Not Even Paul Manafort

Paul Manafort isn’t deserving of torture. Neither was Kalief Browder.

Zuri Davis | 6.4.2019 12:05 PM

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Clemency

New York Legislators Approve Double Jeopardy for Trump Cronies to Protect 'the Rule of Law'

The bill allows dual prosecutions of people in the president's orbit who receive pardons or commutations.

Jacob Sullum | 5.22.2019 2:20 PM

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Paul Manafort

Paul Manafort Sentenced to Nearly Four Additional Years in Federal Prison Just as New York Files New Charges

Double jeopardy or a way of circumventing a potential Trump pardon? Or both?

Scott Shackford | 3.13.2019 3:20 PM

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Paul Manafort

Here Is What Paul Manafort Was Convicted of Doing

The former Trump campaign chairman faces four years in prison, and possibly 10 more, for lying to lenders and the U.S. government.

Jacob Sullum | 3.11.2019 12:45 PM

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Paul Manafort

Paul Manafort's Lenient Prison Sentence Isn't the Travesty—the Rest of the System Is

The problem isn't that a judge went easy on a rich defendant. It's that mandatory minimums make it impossible to do the same in many other cases.

C.J. Ciaramella | 3.9.2019 12:42 PM

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Reason Roundup

Ilhan Omar's Israel Remarks Prompt Politicians to Bicker Over Who the Real Bigots Are: Reason Roundup

Plus: outrage over water bottles, and Cory Booker introduces the "next step" on criminal justice reform

Joe Setyon | 3.8.2019 9:30 AM

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Prison Life

Ex-Sheriff David Clarke, Defender of Harsh Prisons, Whines about Manafort's Jail Treatment

Meanwhile, meet a psychologically scarred man who disfigured himself while serving 22 years in solitary in Illinois.

Scott Shackford | 1.3.2019 1:15 PM

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Russia Probe

Prosecutors Recommend Prison for Cohen, Say He Paid off Women on Trump's Behalf

Manafort, meanwhile, tried to conceal that he was still talking to Trump administration officials after he was indicted.

Scott Shackford | 12.7.2018 6:45 PM

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Russia

Report Claims Paul Manafort Met With Julian Assange Months Before WikiLeaks Published DNC Emails

But WikiLeaks and Manafort have pushed back on the report.

Joe Setyon | 11.27.2018 10:34 AM

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Paul Manafort

Manafort's Lies Are Mueller's Loss, Too—But Good News for Trump: Reason Roundup

Plus: What the heck is happening in Ukraine? And please give Reason your money.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.27.2018 9:35 AM

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Paul Manafort

Manafort Reaches Plea Deal, Agrees to Help Mueller's Russia Investigation

What does he know? And more importantly, who is the information about?

Scott Shackford | 9.14.2018 1:33 PM

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Donald Trump

The Unindicted Co-Conspirator in the Oval Office

Donald Trump will serve the remainder of his presidency under the specter of prison.

Steve Chapman | 8.23.2018 12:01 AM

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Brett Kavanaugh

Does Cohen-Manafort Mean Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh Can't Be Confirmed?

Liberal critics want the Senate to hit the pause button. Will it?

Damon Root | 8.22.2018 12:18 PM

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Donald Trump

Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort Are a Reminder That Donald Trump Surrounds Himself With Crooks

It's no surprise that the president's has shady associates. It's still damning.

Peter Suderman | 8.22.2018 11:43 AM

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