Judge Amy Berman Jackson made several strong statements before sentencing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Wednesday. “The ‘no collusion’ refrain that runs through the entire defense memorandum is unrelated to matters at hand,” she said. At Manafort’s other sentencing last week, his attorney Kevin Downing argued that there was no collusion, and the judge said the case wasn’t about collusion. Trump responded by tweeting this:Both the Judge and the lawyer in the Paul Manafort case stated loudly and for the world to hear that there was NO COLLUSION with Russia. So that makes two courts — two courts have ruled no evidence of any collusion with any Russians.”Kevin Downing, Paul Manafort's attorney with an audience of one, being disingenuous saying Judge Jackson said there was "no collusion."

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2019 16:38 UTC