Rand Paul's neighbor sentenced to 30 days in prison for yard attack

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Sen. Rand Paul’s neighbor has been sentenced to 30 days in prison for attacking him in a dispute over yard waste, and the Kentucky Republican lawmaker says he’s fine with that.

Rene Boucher pleaded guilty to assaulting a member of Congress. Paul suffered broken ribs. Boucher said he was triggered by Paul stacking debris near their property line in Bowling Green, Ky.

U.S. District Judge Marianne Battani called November’s attack a “dispute between neighbors” and an “isolated incident,” not motivated by politics. Boucher also must serve a year of supervised release. Federal prosecutors sought 21 months, but a statement from Paul calls 30 days “appropriate.”

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Trump: Judge's order to jail Paul Manafort 'tough,' 'very unfair'

President Trump called the recent decision by a federal judge to jail his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, until his trial in September “tough” and “very unfair,” suggesting there should instead be criminal punishments for former FBI Director James Comey and Hillary Clinton. “Wow, what a tough sentence for Paul Manafort, who has represented Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and many other top political people and campaigns. Didn’t know Manafort was the head of the Mob. What about Comey and Crooked Hillary and all of the others? Very unfair!” Trump tweeted Friday.

Manafort has not been convicted of a crime, nor has he been sentenced. Trials involving the charges brought against him in both Washington, D.C., and Virginia have not yet started.

Trump's former campaign chairman appeared Friday before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson to be arraigned on a witness-tampering charge. He pleaded not guilty to charges of obstruction. During the hearing, Berman decided to revoke Manafort’s bail, which had allowed him to stay under house arrest. Now, Manafort will remain in jail until his September trial. Manafort faces charges of money laundering, tax evasion, conspiracy and failure to register as a foreign agent.

He pleaded not guilty to those charges and had been allowed out on a $10 million bond. Manafort also had to wear a GPS monitoring anklet. Berman’s decision to jail Manafort came over the witness-tampering charge from special counsel Robert Mueller.

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