Paul Manafort has been charged with a new criminal case not even an hour after learning his prison sentence for federal crimes. The Manhattan District Attorney charged Manafort with mortgage fraud, falsifying business records and conspiracy on Wednesday, the prosecutor’s office announced. A second federal judge had, minutes earlier, determined Manafort spend 7.5 years in total in federal prison for a decade’s worth of financial and lobbying crimes and obstruction of justice. Manafort allegedly committed financial crimes in New York from 2015 through 2018, which stretches over his time as Trump campaign chairman. He later admitted to that activity, federal prosecutors alleged at his trial.

Source: CNN March 13, 2019 13:01 UTC