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| Pressure got Paul Manafort's ticker. |
The disgraced former campaign manager for Donald J. Trump in 2016 is being treated at a central Pennsylvania hospital after he had a health emergency.Apparently, Paul Manafort had a cardiac event.
The 70-year old convicted felon was to appear in a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, although his attorney has informed the court he won't be showing up and the hearing will go on without him.
He is being treated at the hospital close to FCI Loretto, the medium security federal time out near Altoona.
He his expected to be released from the hospital shortly.
Manfort was found guilty on eight of the 18 felonies charges. He has money laundering, including bank fraud and filing false tax returns. In 2018, Manafort appeared in court in a wheelchair citing serious medical conditions related to his diet and sought leniency during his sentencing due to health issues.
He was sentenced to 7 years and 4 months in federal time out.
Manafort is also facing state charges in New York state. If he is convicted of these very same crimes, he could get 40 years in the iron college.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Trump could pardon Manafort within half of his sentence. However, if he is pardon, he will still have to serve his state mandated sentence and that can't be pardoned. The president can pardon federal criminals not state criminals.
Manafort has been known to swing Republicans towards to the Russian platform.
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