twitter talking point of the night: If manafort was black, he'd get 20+ years

Is Manafort a repeat offender?

Just more prog nonsense bullshite.

These people should talk to the hundreds of black men who committed serious crimes in East Baton Rouge and got told to do some community service by the judge. It must be their white privilege, right?

I don't agree with letting people who commit serious crimes go right back to the streets, but to act like minorities just get railroaded during sentencing is absurd.

If he were black it would have never made the news.

I've gotten off of twitter and don't watch any news - period. they only news I get is an occasional glance at drudge and here. Life is so much better away from the drama. It's all bs anyway.

And if his last name was Clinton he wouldn't have even been indicted.

Not a talking point. Judge Ellis is an arch-conservative appointed by Reagan. Ellis showed animosity to the case from the beginning.

Ellis is the same judge who sentenced Richard Jefferson, a black congressman from Louisiana, to 13 years for bribery. That's the longest sentence that a U.S. congressman has ever received.

I wonder what this fool will say when Jussie Smollett's felony charge is reduced to a misdemeanor?

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Ridiculous. If he was a black politician, or a democratic politician in general, he could just resign with no penalty and NO ONE would ever speak of it again.

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^^^ @realism.

Reality. vvv

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Manafort may have gotten off easy with four years, but Ellis threw the book at Jefferson. In 2009 Ellis sentenced Jefferson to 13 years, the longest sentence of any Congressman to that date.

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The Judge Who Let Manafort Off Easy With 47 Months Is An Arch-Conservative

That Forbes article is trash. It’s more than a little irresponsible for a publication to allow a writer to make scurrilous implications over a judge giving a lenient sentence on what doesn’t even qualify as paper thin evidence. The judge is conservative and once sentenced a politician to 13 years. And? Seriously?

muh racism

By the way how is Rev Al doing these days with his prison time for money.