President Donald Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 47 months in prison for multiple felony crimes. Prosecutors had recommended 19-24 years in prison, which the judge said was "excessive."

Before sentencing was handed down, Manafort addressed the judge, saying, "The last two years have been the most difficult years for my family and I. To say that I feel humiliated and ashamed would be a gross understatement." He did not apologize for his conduct however.

Judge TS Ellis said he believed a sentence of 19-24 years as was recommended would be "excessive" for Manafort. — Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) March 7, 2019

Judge TS Ellis before giving Manafort his sentence noted he "lived an otherwise blameless life," was a good friend and generous person to others. That doesn't erase his crimes however Ellis said. — Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) March 7, 2019

Judge Ellis calls #Manafort‘s guidelines range “quite high.“ The guidelines are based on data from other cases, and are high here only because the conduct was so egregious. Why are the guidelines considered too high only when the defendant is wealthy and powerful? — Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) March 7, 2019

Manafort, who turns 70 next month, was convicted last year of eight counts of tax and bank fraud related to his overseas work advising Ukrainian politicians. The judge noted that Manafort was not being sentenced for anything related to the Special Counsel's investigation into Russian interference: "He is not before the court for anything having to do with colluding with the Russian government."

Greg Andres, lead prosecutor for the special counsel Robert Mueller, told the court today regarding his sentencing, "Manafort did not provide valuable information to the special counsel that wasn’t already known. He told us 50 hours of things we already knew. He did not provide information that was useful."

Paul Manafort is in the courtroom.

He is in a wheelchair wearing a green jumpsuit. — Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) March 7, 2019

The Judge in Manafort's Virginia case just ruled Manafort will not get credit for acceptance of responsibility in an ongoing sentencing hearing. — Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) March 7, 2019

Manafort is still a rich man, prosecutor Uzo Asonye noted in a discussion with the judge about possible fines and restitution Manafort could pay. He said Manafort still has at least $4 million in assets and properties. — Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) March 7, 2019

As the NY Times reports, "For nearly two years, prosecutors pursued Mr. Manafort on two tracks, charging him with more than two dozen felonies, including obstruction of justice, bank fraud and violations of lobbying laws. But while they won a jury conviction and a guilty plea, Mr. Mueller’s prosecutors have yet to provide a full public account of what information they gleaned from Mr. Manafort’s case regarding Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and the degree of involvement by Trump associates."

Here’s video of Sean Hannity & Paul Manafort at inauguration talking about how they stayed in touch during and after the campaign. I think Hannity needs to publicly testify in front of Congress. pic.twitter.com/wq8PrsOla9 — Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) March 7, 2019

Next week, Judge Amy Berman Jackson will sentence Manafort for two crimes to which he pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal: conspiracy against the U.S. and conspiracy to obstruct justice, which each carry a maximum penalty of five years. Judge Jackson will decide whether Manafort will serve both sentences concurrently or consecutively.

Last September, Manafort reached a plea agreement where he would cooperate with prosecutors in that case, but Judge Jackson ruled he had breached the agreement by continuing to lie to prosecutors, including whether he shared Trump polling data in 2016 with a Russian associate with ties to a Russian intelligence service.

Last month, federal prosecutors described Manafort as a "hardened, remorseless criminal" who “repeatedly and brazenly” violated numerous laws over more than a decade, adding that he did not deserve any sentencing leniency.

"Manafort chose repeatedly and knowingly to violate the law — whether the laws proscribed garden-variety crimes such as tax fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and bank fraud, or more esoteric laws that he nevertheless was intimately familiar with, such as the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)," Mueller's memo read. "His criminal actions were bold, some of which were committed while under a spotlight due to his work as the campaign chairman and, later, while he was on bail from this court."

As The Atlantic noted, there are still tons of unanswered questions about Manafort's time at the helm of Trump's campaign left over.