The Paul Manafort sentencing was a bad day for the justice system in the United States.
Thursday the former campaign chairman for Donald Trump learned that he’d serve just under four months in prison (not including the nine months of time already served) for bank fraud and tax evasion. All of this too coming after Manafort reportedly lied to special counsel Robert Mueller after an agreement had been reached between the two sides that would – at the time – set the former campaign chairman up for a lighter sentence which ultimately didn’t seem to be needed when everything was all said and done.
Ahh what a time to be an old rich white man in America.
Not only did the wheelchair angle work for Manafort, but apparently so did that wealthy, white privilege that has become pretty accustom to sentencing guidelines in the United States.
And don’t get me wrong, judicial restraint is for the very most part a good thing.
However Thursday’s decision by a federal judge in Virginia further highlighted just how broke the justice system actually is in the United States.
But don’t take my word for it, look no further than public defender Scott Hechinger, a senior staff attorney at Brooklyn Defender Services who put this bullshit into better perspective.
Equal justice under the law in the United States? That’s just a fallacy and this whole Manafort thing continues to prove it.
