I agree wholeheartedly that Flynn is a great American who needs the first pardon from this affair. But Manafort is a crook. Granted he got vastly unequal prosecution as one brave juror pointed out. Nonetheless he is a crook.
How soon they (you) forget that Paul Manfort got Trump over the Convention hump. Manfort helped (shepherded) Trump get past roadblocks and delegate challenges. Is why he was hired. Trump only let him go when Manforts Ukraine lobbying came out. I believe Manafort was working in the Tony Podesta (Democrat) lobbying group at this time.
Manafort did nothing that 100 high powered DC lobbyists for foreigners were doing and are probably still doing. If Manafort never came on board w Trump he never would have been prosecuted. And you know this.
VERDICT— Paul Manfort is a stand up guy and needs to be pardoned in the future. Michael Cohen caved but not Manafort.