No, ma’am.”Louis Seidman, professor of constitutional law at Georgetown University Law, explains how President Trump could use his executive privilege to pardon himself or others. The possibility of a pardon raises new questions about why Manafort has repeatedly refused to cooperate with Mueller’s team. And they have now indicted him on money laundering, conspiracy, and bank and tax fraud charges related to political consulting work he conducted in Ukraine before joining Trump’s campaign. Manafort has acknowledged having extensive contact with Kilimnik during the five months he served as Trump’s campaign chairman in 2016, including holding two in-person meetings with him. Flynn’s family and advocates have indicated publicly that they are hoping Trump will pardon Flynn.

Source: Washington Post March 28, 2018 19:18 UTC