Giuliani also didn’t rule out the possibility Trump would pardon Manafort if Manafort flipped. Given the murkiness of what Manafort might share, it’s worth laying out what Manafort might know, based on what we know about his status in Trump’s campaign and his many Russia connections. Manafort was Trump’s campaign chairman for several key months in 2016, around the time Democratic emails allegedly hacked by Russians got dumped into the public sphere. Manafort offered to give a Russian billionaire close to the Kremlin private briefings on the Trump campaign. The news eventually led to Manafort’s resignation from Trump’s campaign, three months after he was elevated to the top job.

Source: Washington Post September 14, 2018 17:00 UTC