NY prosecutors announce Manafort indictment after federal sentencing.New York prosecutors announced the indictment of former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort on Wednesday, only minutes after his sentencing in a federal case.
The 16 charges unveiled by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance relate to mortgage fraud, conspiracy and falsifying business records. In a statement, Vance said Manafort's alleged actions "strike at the heart of New York's sovereign interests, including the integrity of our residential mortgage market."
Crucially, President Donald Trump does not have pardon power for state charges. Trump has not explicitly ruled pardoning his former campaign official. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the president would decide whether to pardon Manafort "when he's ready."
Earlier Wednesday, a federal judge sentenced Manafort to 43 months of additional prison time on conspiracy charges lodged by special counsel Robert Mueller as part of his probe of Russian election meddling and possible Trump-campaign collusion.
Less than a week earlier, Manafort had received a 47-month prison sentence in another federal case lodged by Mueller. Manafort's combined prison time in the Mueller cases totals.
A spokesman for Manafort did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment on the state prosecutors' charges.
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