Regardless of whether Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, has been promised or explicitly asked for a pardon, it is clear his legal team would like him to be seen as a good soldier. But it is getting more and more difficult to dismiss this all as a coincidence — especially as past outreach between Michael Cohen and Trump’s legal team about pardons continues to come to light. Flynn could actually have landed himself in prison with what his legal team pulled. If Flynn does get prison time in the coming months, will Trump pardon him before he serves it, in the midst of a 2020 reelection race? One thing’s for sure: If those pardons never come, these men have erred badly by betting on Trump with their legal antics.

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2019 19:56 UTC