Former Trump aide Paul Manafort sentenced to a total of 7.5 years in prison

Paul Manafort was sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in prison for felonies uncovered as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference.

A federal judge in Washington sentenced him Wednesday to six years for illegal foreign lobbying and witness tampering unrelated to his campaign work for President Donald Trump. He will serve 43 months on top of the 47 months he’s already received. For Manafort, who turns 70 next month and is said to be in poor health, the combined sentence -- well short of the 34 years he could have received