WASHINGTON ― Federal prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller say former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort could spend 19 to 24 years ― the rest of his life, essentially ― in federal prison in connection with his convictions on several counts of fraud in connection with the money he received for his work for Ukrainian oligarchs.

While Mueller’s team “does not take a position as to the specific sentence,” they indicated they agreed that the sentencing range for Manafort’s crimes would be 235 to 293 months.

The federal prosecutors also want Manafort to pay $24 million in restitution and forfeit more than $4 million.

“For a decade, Manafort repeatedly violated the law,” the memo states. “Considering only the crimes charged in this district, they make plain that Manafort chose to engage in a sophisticated scheme to hide millions of dollars from United States authorities. And when his foreign income stream dissipated in 2015, he chose to engage in a series of bank frauds in the United States to maintain his extravagant lifestyle, at the expense of various financial institutions.”

“Manafort chose to do this for no other reason than greed, evidencing his belief that the law does not apply to him,” the memo states. “Manafort solicited numerous professionals and others to reap his ill-gotten gains. The sentence in this case must take into account the gravity of this conduct, and serve to both specifically deter Manafort and those who would commit a similar series of crimes.”