Trump says judge in Manafort case backs his 'no collusion' argument

President Trump claimed Friday that the judge who sentenced his former campaign manager Paul Manafort to four years in prison backed up his argument that he never colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election.

During Thursday’s sentencing hearing, Judge T.S. Ellis made it clear that his sentencing decision was about the fraud and financial crimes committed by Manafort, and noted that Manafort “is not before the court for any allegation that he or anybody under his direction colluded with the Russian government in the 2016 campaign.”