“How soon could the president pardon Manafort if he chose to do so? Right after a quilty verdict makes Manafort ‘a convict’?”
Tonight, Trump could be pardoning him at this very moment.
If he chose to pardon Manafort, I suspect Mr. Trump will have to wait until the end of that second trial. I’m told that Manafort has yet one more trial of ‘this & that’ to deal with now cobbled together by Mueller.
Trump not interested. Beside Mueller is the most powerful shadow president now. Trump won't move against him.
I think he may have already been pardoned. We learn in tomorrow’s tweets.
How is this whole trial not falling under the “poisoned tree” concept?
The Mueller investigation was started due to invalid reasons.