WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to an additional three and one-half years of prison, questioning his remorse and rebuking him for his crimes and years of lies. That makes seven and one-half years for Manafort, coming on top of the roughly four-year term he received last week in a separate case in Virginia.Adding to his legal woes, Manafort was also charged Wednesday with mortgage fraud, conspiracy and other counts in a new indictment in New York City. The state charges appear at least partly designed to guard against the possibility that he could be pardoned by President Donald Trump and freed early on his federal convictions. The presidential power does not extend to state charges.Before sentencing Manafort in Washington, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson told him, `It is hard to overstate the number of lies and the amount of fraud and the extraordinary amount of money involved` in the federal conspiracy charges related to his foreign lobbying work and witness tampering.Manafort asked for mercy, saying the criminal charges against him have `taken everything from me already.` He pleaded with the judge not to impose any additional time beyond the sentence he had received last week.`I am sorry for what I have done and all the activities that have gotten us here today,` Manafort said in a steady voice as he read from a written statement. `While I cannot undo the past, I will ensure that the future will be very different.`The 69-year-old, who arrived in court in a wheelchair, said he was the primary caregiver of his wife and wanted the chance for them to resume their life together.`She needs me and I need her. I ask you to think of this and our need for each other as you deliberate,` Manafort said. `This case has taken everything from me already - my properties, my cash, my life insurance, my trust accounts for my children and my grandchildren, and more.`The hearing was a milestone moment in speci ...
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