President Trump asked his lawyers several weeks ago for their advice on the possibility of pardoning Paul Manafort and other aides accused of crimes, his lawyer said Thursday. Manafort refused to cooperate with Mueller investigators seeking his information about the Trump campaign and instead took his chances at trial. On Tuesday, the president told reporters that Manafort was a “good man” and that he felt sorry for him. Trump has admiringly talked about how Manafort did not “flip” on him and was ebullient when Judge T.S. Nobody in a case like this gets raided in the middle of the night, put in solitary confinement,” Giuliani said.

Source: Washington Post August 23, 2018 19:54 UTC