How to Dodge a Presidential Pardon

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🗓️ 15 March 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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This week, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to a total of 7½ years in prison. Here’s how his case is one of the best examples of a special counsel making sure that those who did wrong serve the time. Guest: Jed Shugerman, a professor at Fordham Law. Tell us what you think by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or sending an email to [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram for updates on the show. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.0	Then he got sentenced to prison for crimes like tax fraud and witness tampering.
1:04.0	Manifort did not do what many defendants do do.
1:07.0	Which is show contrition and many defendants will write a letter to the court where they get a chance with their lawyers to show what they've learned and their shame and their contrition.
1:20.0	And it was remarkable that Manifort did not do that and Judge Jackson made a point to show that this is not sufficient showing a remorse.
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1:29.0	It's like he's presenting a kind of pitiful facade but he's not apologizing.
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