Would Trump pardon Manafort?

[kentuck]

If he is convicted of any crimes?

In my opinion, they probably already have that understanding between them?

I would think that General Flynn might have a similar "understanding"?

[tonyt53]

1. Don't know. Trump seems to throw people under the bus with regularity.

[kentuck]

2. But not Putin.

Or those that might have something on him?

[samnsara]

3. not after manafort sings

[Sunlei]

4. No

[roamer65]

5. If it kills the investigation...yes.

[Cosmocat]

8. 100 out of a 100 times

Just a matter of when, not if ...

[Flaleftist]

15. From what I have read, it doesn't.

If he is pardoned he can still be made to testify and he cannot take the fifth.

[bluepen]

6. It totally depends on whether Trump thinks Manafort helped him.

If so, yes.

If not, no.

That's how I see Trump's "thinking" on something like this. It's all about himself.

[leftynyc]

7. Donnie COULD be charged

with obstruction of justice. And I'm pretty sure it would also remove manaforts fifth amendment protections and he would be forced to testify.

[Cosmocat]

9. The jackass just thanked Putin for kicking hundreds of diplomats out of Russia

and ...

birds chirping.

The country has basically thrown in the towel, so, yeah, he pardons and he and team GOP gives us the middle finger.

[TeamPooka]

10. I don't think Trump will pardon anyone not named Trump. Everyone else will have 'betrayed' him

in his mind at the end of all this.

[jmowreader]

11. There's only one way Trump pardons Manafort

If he thinks pardoning Manafort will keep him from testifying against Trump, he'll do it. The only thing Donald Trump cares about is himself.

[imanamerican63]

12. I thought Trump did not him that well?

[lame54]

13. Convicting Manafort is not the point...

Squeezing him for info is

[Gothmog]

14. No because if pardoned, Manafort will be forced to testify w/o invoking 5th