The double jeopardy was self-evident; you had to look hard to one side or the other not to see it.
He won a claim that the prosecution brought by New York state's attorney general, Letitia James, was invalidated by 'double jeopardy' laws because it overlapped with the federal crimes of which he was convicted earlier this year.
I knew that. So'd the prosecutor.
However Manafort remains in federal custody and is not scheduled for release until Christmas Day 2024. But the judge's ruling opens the way for Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...to set Manafort entirely free by presidential pardon or by commuting his sentence.
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