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Today's extra-long episode contains your guide to all of the developments involving Paul Manafort over the past week.\xa0 What does it all mean and what can we expect next?\xa0 Listen and find out!

We begin, however, with a brief update on Episode 247 now that the Department of Defense has issued a Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM 19-004) implementing the ban on transgender service in the military.\xa0 With the help of some friends of the show, we break down the most pressing issues on the near horizon.

Then, it's time for All Things Manafort (TM), which sneakily includes a deep dive into exactly how the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines came into effect, when they were mandatory, how they became advisory, and what the hell happened in the Eastern District of Virginia.

But that's not all!\xa0 After that, we have a discussion on when sentences should run consecutively versus concurrently, and how that interacts with Judge Amy Berman Jackson's sentencing decision in Manafort's DC case.

AND we also have breaking news regarding new\xa0state charges brought against Manafort as soon as both federal sentences were handed down.

And if that's not enough for you, well, we end, as always, with a brand new Thomas Takes the Bar Exam Question #118 that's a dreaded real property question.\xa0 As always, remember to follow our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and like our\xa0Facebook Page\xa0so that you too can play along with #TTTBE!

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Show Notes & Links

1. First discussed trans ban back in\xa0Episode OA: 247
2. We were assisted by Alice Ashton \u2013 trans Arabic linguist who contributed to the Advocate article located here\xa0and by Deirdre Anne Hendrick.
3. Here is a link\xa0to Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM) 19-004.
4. This is the Feb. 22, 2018 Mattis directive.
5. Here are the\xa0DSM-5 guidelines\xa0on gender dysphoria
6. We first discussed the Sentencing Guidelines in\xa0Episode OA: 162.
7. The accompanying statute is\xa018 U.S.C. \xa73553.
8. For a primer on \u201cvariances\u201d versus downward departures, check out the\xa0Sentencing Commission guidelines.
9. Judge Ellis transcript can be found here.
10. Concurrent/consecutive is governed by 18 U.S.C. \xa7 3554.
11. Manafort\u2019s NY State\xa0indictment involves Residential Mortgage Fraud 1st degree (4 counts) under Penal Law \xa7 187.25 and Falsifying Business Records 1st Degree (8 counts) under \xa7175.10.
12. We discussed Gamble v. U.S. in Episode\xa0Episode OA: 215.

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