Paul Manafort’s Sentence May Start Cleaning Up the Shady Lobbying He Pioneered

Paul Manafort helped pioneer the business of helping foreign governments sway American policy, but his prison sentence on Wednesday may mark the end of the era he helped kick off.

For hiding his work advising politicians in Ukraine and the tens of millions of dollars he received for it, the former chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign was sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in federal prison by two separate judges.

Before handing down her sentence, D.C.

Paul Manafort helped pioneer the business of helping foreign governments sway American policy, but his prison sentence on Wednesday may mark the end of the era he helped kick off. For hiding his work advising politicians in Ukraine and the tens of millions of dollars he received for it, the former chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign was sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in federal prison by two separate judges. Before handing down her sentence, D.C.