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President Trump’s lawyer told attorneys representing Paul J. Manafort last summer that the president might be willing to pardon his former campaign chairman if he was charged with a crime stemming from the investigation into Russian election interference, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
John Dowd, then Trump’s lead lawyer, was described as floating the idea of a pardon for Manafort during the time he was under investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, but had not yet been charged, these people said. Dowd, who resigned as Trump’s lawyer last week, also floated the offer of a pardon last summer to attorneys for former national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to a report Wednesday by the New York Times.
Mueller indicted Manafort on multiple charges of financial fraud in October. Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to investigators and agreed to cooperate with the Mueller probe in December.
Dowd insisted Wednesday that he did not raise the idea of pardons with lawyers representing the two men.
“I had no such discussions with them,” Dowd said in a phone interview. “We never talked about pardons. There was no reason to talk about pardons. No ma’am.”
Trump’s lawyer allegedly raised possibility of pardons for Manafort, Flynn last summer
it wouldn't surprise me if this is true, and was done at the cheeto's insistence because as paul rosenzweig says in the article- “The full truth is that it’s stone-cold stupidity on his part if he actually did it,” Rosenzweig added.
John Dowd, then Trump’s lead lawyer, was described as floating the idea of a pardon for Manafort during the time he was under investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, but had not yet been charged, these people said. Dowd, who resigned as Trump’s lawyer last week, also floated the offer of a pardon last summer to attorneys for former national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to a report Wednesday by the New York Times.
Mueller indicted Manafort on multiple charges of financial fraud in October. Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to investigators and agreed to cooperate with the Mueller probe in December.
Dowd insisted Wednesday that he did not raise the idea of pardons with lawyers representing the two men.
“I had no such discussions with them,” Dowd said in a phone interview. “We never talked about pardons. There was no reason to talk about pardons. No ma’am.”
Trump’s lawyer allegedly raised possibility of pardons for Manafort, Flynn last summer
it wouldn't surprise me if this is true, and was done at the cheeto's insistence because as paul rosenzweig says in the article- “The full truth is that it’s stone-cold stupidity on his part if he actually did it,” Rosenzweig added.
