By Katelyn Polantz, Veronica Rocha, Meg Wagner and Brian Ries, CNN
Paul Manafort spoke about his family during his statement to the judge.
"Your honor, I will be 70 years old in a few weeks," he said, mentioning that his wife in 66 and he is her primary caregiver.
"Please let my wife and I be together," he said.
He asked that he not be apart from his wife "longer than the 47 months imposed last week."
Paul Manafort has begun his allocution, and it started with an apology.
"I am sorry for what I've done," he told the court.
Manafort has a prepared statement with him, and he has put on his glasses. He remains seated in his wheelchair.
"Let me be very clear, I accept the responsibility for the acts that caused me to be here today," he said. "While I cannot undo the past, I can assure the future will be very different."
Manafort said he is upset with himself "for these personal failures" and said his time in jail over the last nine months have helped him reflect.
"My behavior in the future will be very different. I have already begun to change," he said.
Kevin Downing, a lawyer for Paul Manafort, said during arguments "but for" the 2016 election, he doesn't believe they would be in this situation today.
"It can be very harsh. The media attention that comes along with it. The political [situation] is so unreal," Downing said. "Everybody's going nuts over this."
Downing mentioned "political motivations" around the case, and said he wants the court to consider the media and political whirlwhind outside when sentencing.
"But for" the 2016 election, he doesn't think they'd be there today.
From CNN's Katelyn Polantz
The defense team has begun its sentencing arguments.
Kevin Downing, one of Paul Manafort's lawyers, brought up the "sealed" part of the Manafort's interactions with Konstantin Kilimnik, who was one of his closest business contacts and a Russia-based political operative. Downing again talked about their interactions with the US State Department in Ukraine.
His notice about the foreign lobbying activities "was out there," Downing said.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson asked if only Kilimnik was in touch with State Department in Kiev. Downing said no — Manafort was, too.
Officials "at the highest level" of the US government knew about Manafort's activities, he said.
Paul Manafort will address the court, his lawyers said.
He will "show he is truly sorry for violating the law" his lawyer Kevin Downing said.
Prosecutors just wrapped their final sentencing arguments, but they did not ask for a specific amount of time for a possible prison sentence.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson can sentence Paul Manafort to up to 10 years.
Prosecutors again laid out Manafort's violations in their arguments, asking the Jackson to "stop and think" about Manafort's conduct with regards to the witness tampering allegation.
Prosecutor Andrew Weissman said that Manafort engaged in criminal conduct that "goes to the heart of the American justice system" — and that all came "after being indicted, while on bail from two federal courts in a high profile matter."
Weissman said Manafort "chose to lie over and over again" to both FBI agents and grand jurors.
During all of this, Jackson sat leaning back in her chair, listening.
In his final sentencing argument, prosecutor Andrew Weissman said Paul Manafort "had to make a choice" — and he decided to work for other countries instead of for the US.
"He had to make a choice. He decided to represent foreign governments" instead of work for the US government, Weissmann said.
Prosecutor Andrew Weissmann is making final sentencing argument now.
Here's the first sentence of it, which he's reading from a paper at the podium: “We’re here today because of crimes Paul Manafort committed for over a decade.”
Weissmann mentions the foreign bank accounts, and includes that some money came from Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch who came up in proceedings but never registered in the meat of the case, which was largely about Ukrainian politicians
Weissmann asks restitution of $6 million from Jackson.
"Mr. Manafort committed crimes that undermined our political process."
Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she is going to let both sides argue what they think the sentence should be for Paul Manafort.
Jackson says she has signed the agreed order of forfeiture for $11 million. She offered Manafort a small reprieve: That Manafort has met his burden, gives him credit for pleading and giving sworn admissions in court.
However, her determination that he legally accepted responsibility isn't a judgment of character: That will come later from Jackson today, she said. His acceptance responsibility, per her determination so far, is not "in a more existential and personal sense."
What the defense team is saying: Manafort's lawyers said he accepted responsibility by pleading guilty.
"Our view is that he did not back away," Tom Zehnle said. "Mr. Manafort has come forward, he's accepted responsibility by pleading guilty" to both counts."
What prosecutors are saying: Prosecutor Andrew Weissmann argued the flip side, pointing out that Manafort tried to argue he wasn't a leader of the conspiracy — that Manafort tried to say it was just him and Rick Gates involved in the scheme. That's not correct, Weissmann said, and should be considered regarding acceptance of responsibility.
Manafort made "false statements to the FBI and false statements to the grand jury repeatedly" Weissmann reminded Judge Jackson.
What Manafort is doing throughout all of this: Manafort has been sitting exceptionally still in his wheelchair. He has one arm on the table, pushed slightly away from it and turned so he doesn't have anyone — including the judge — in his gaze. He is either looking at the wall or has his eyes closed as Weissmann speaks.