PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declined in a new interview to rule out the possibility that he could pardon Paul Manafort, his former campaign chairman…The President’s comments come following special counsel Robert Mueller’s accusation that Manafort violated his plea agreement and lied to Mueller’s team after being found guilty on eight counts of financial crimes in August. On Tuesday [11-27-18], White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said there had been no conversations about a potential presidential pardon for Manafort…Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani told CNN on Tuesday that he and Trump had discussed a Manafort pardon in the spring and decided it was not a proper move at this time, he added.”
–Caroline Kelly, “Trump says Manafort pardon not ‘off the table’,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, November 28, 2018 5:46 pm