Did Manafort lead ‘an overwise blameless life’?

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 Paul Manafort was sentenced the other day by Judge T.S. Ellis to 47 months in prison. Ellis said that Manafort “lived an otherwise blameless life.” Atlantic staff writer Franklin Foer disagrees. Host Carol Hills talks to Foer about Manafort’s international careers of shady activity.

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