Attorney Ken White on Manafort's sweet sentence

I wouldn't be surprised.

From what I read of Ellis during the trial and the sentencing, that's giving him way too much credit.  

What's that hip-hop saying?  If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.  Paul Manafort was born with all the advantages of anyone on this earth, and he chose to be a gangster.

Bingo.  White privilege, and I'm suspecting a sleazy if not dirty judge.

UPDATE:

pourmecoffee asks the $64,000 question (read around the typos; he must have been shocked to the point he couldn't type by Ellis' light sentence):

UPDATE:

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.