John Dowd, then Trump's lead lawyer, was described as floating the idea of a pardon for Manafort during the time he was under investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, but had not yet been charged, these people said. Dowd, who resigned as Trump's lawyer last week, also floated the offer of a pardon last summer to attorneys for former national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to a report Wednesday by the New York Times.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 28, 2018 20:33 UTC