(CNN) These are former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's remarks to a federal judge at a sentencing hearing Thursday as prepared for delivery.

1. The last 2 years have been the most difficult that my family and I have ever experienced.

2. The person that I have been described as in public is not someone I recognize. To say that I feel humiliated and ashamed would be a gross understatement.

3. But the worst pain that I feel is the pain that I know my family is feeling. My whole life, I have been most proud of being their protector. It pains me deeply that I have caused them suffering.

4. What has been uplifting to me is the outpouring of support and affection that I have received, not just from family and friends, but from total strangers. This support and the incredible power of their prayers have sustained me through these terrible times.

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