Key points:
Manafort faced up to 10 years in prison, on top of an earlier four-year sentence
Mueller’s Russia probe exposed Manafort’s covert lobbying for pro-Kremlin politicians in Ukraine
Manafort apologised to the court, which heard Manafort “engaged in crime again and again”The possibility of a presidential pardon — a prospect Trump has not ruled out — will likely continue to hang over the Manafort situation, lawyers said.
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