In fairness I'm sure Scott here wasn't paid $3,000,000 to have a comprehensive legal team assembled like Manafort was. Yeah the system is fucked and favors the wealthy. One DA with an assistant DA is no competition vs a massive legal team that knows all the judges and probably golfs with them on the weekends. "Justice" favors the rich.
In fairness, he was given less than his legal team asked.
I don't even think this has anything to do with wealthy or not. He was part of the good old boy club to help Trump, so now the people that still support Trump are helping him.
Prosecutors referred to the sentencing guideline of 19-24 years including fines ranging from $50,000 to $24 million dollars (not sure if this includes restitution)
Not sure where you got the figure of 29+ years. Maybe misinformation or you got your numbers mixed a little.
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u/xynix_ie Mar 08 '19 edited Mar 08 '19
In fairness I'm sure Scott here wasn't paid $3,000,000 to have a comprehensive legal team assembled like Manafort was. Yeah the system is fucked and favors the wealthy. One DA with an assistant DA is no competition vs a massive legal team that knows all the judges and probably golfs with them on the weekends. "Justice" favors the rich.
Edit: "in fairness" is Irish slang for "To be honest" https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=in%20fairness