Another look at Manafort's sentence

Ordinarily I would absolutely agree.  But this is not your normal white collar criminal who got busted.  This is a man who spent years working against the interests of the United States and for international mobsters.  I realize this case did not involve collusion with Russia, but it did involve tax fraud and money laundering, both of which are harmful to the country and pose a security risk. Also, he didn't stop trying to commit crimes, including witness tampering, and made a fake cooperation deal.  He can't be trusted on the outside.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.