What would happen if Trump pardons Manafort?

**signalmankenneth** · 02-16-2019, 11:05 PM

It's in Manafort's best interest to get pardoned—but not necessarily the president's.

Following Wednesday’s ruling that former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort broke his plea deal by lying repeatedly to investigators, one obvious question has followed: what happens if President Donald Trump decides to pardon Manafort for his crimes?

A presidential pardon seems like a plausible outcome for Manafort, who might now spend the rest of his life in prison. A pardon is also probably the outcome Manafort has been angling for: lying to investigators is risky, and it would only make sense to do so if such a lie would improve Manafort’s outcomes. As John Dean, former White House counsel to President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, told CNN, hoping for a pardon is almost certainly one of the few reasons Manafort continued to lie.

https://thinkprogress.org/what-would...-192b32176465/

**Jack** · 02-17-2019, 12:27 AM

I can actually see that happening. And I think Manafort can see that happening too.

**lisasanders1964** · 02-17-2019, 12:59 AM

What will Manafort do when trump pardons his russian loving butt?

Well first he will kneel and suck trump's tiny orange dick and then he will bend over and let trump fuck him biggly.

And Pence will be watching and drooling and jacking off.

**Darth Omar** · 02-17-2019, 02:42 AM

It’s like Judge Ellis said—nobody cares about Manafort lol.

**canceled.2021.1** · 02-17-2019, 03:10 AM

According to Leftists like Jarod Manafort has given Muller all the info he needs. He has “flipped”

But I digress. I hope Trump does pardon him just to hear leftists squeal. He will probably wait until the last day f his Presidency in 2025 so he can say Manafort did some time and there ain’t jack you traitorous leftists can do about it except cry

The power of the pardon is absolute.

**Darth Omar** · 02-17-2019, 04:24 AM

Originally Posted by I Love America

According to Leftists like Jarod Manafort has given Muller all the info he needs. He has “flipped”

But I digress. I hope Trump does pardon him just to hear leftists squeal. He will probably wait until the last day f his Presidency in 2025 so he can say Manafort did some time and there ain’t jack you traitorous leftists can do about it except cry

The power of the pardon is absolute.

It can be as soon as Mullet reports. Democrats won’t be able to whine about Trump interfering in the ‘Russian’ investigation.

Mullet giving Manafort a virtual death sentence is way over the top. It’s almost like he’s trying to provoke Trump into pardoning him. But we’ve come to expect ‘over the top’ from Mullet and his Inquisition.

It’s become a familiar pattern.