WASHINGTON, DC — A pardon for Paul Manafort is “not off the table,” US President Donald Trump says, drawing swift rebuke from critics, who fear the president will use his executive power to protect friends and supporters caught up in the Russia probe.
The president’s discussion of a possible pardon in an interview Wednesday with the New York Post came days after special counsel Robert Mueller said Manafort had breached his plea deal by repeatedly lying to investigators. The former Trump campaign chairman denies that he lied.
Trump’s remarks are the latest sign of his disdain for the Russia investigation, which has dogged him for two years and ensnared members of his inner circle. In recent weeks, the president, armed with inside information provided to his lawyers by Manafort’s legal team, has sharpened his attacks, seizing on what he claims are dirty tactics employed by the special counsel and accusing investigators of pressuring witnesses to lie.
In the interview with the Post, Trump likened the Russia probe to Sen. Joe McCarthy’s pursuit of Communists in the 1950s.
— AP
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