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12. No. But in this case he was found guilty and/or pleaded guilty.

Tue Nov 27, 2018, 12:18 PM

Nov 2018

He was found guilty on 8 counts of tax and bank fraud charges in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
He pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

And as we know from the pardon granted by Ford to Richard Nixon (and the pardons granted by Jimmy Carter to draft evaders who had never been arrested or tried).

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If the Con pardons Manafort [View all] malaise Nov 2018 OP

Manafort will have to sit in jail until at least after November 2020 Jersey Devil Nov 2018 #1

If he does the Dems will hold hearings malaise Nov 2018 #2

The worst thing Trump can do to Manafort is pardon him EffieBlack Nov 2018 #3

If Trump's feeling vindictive, that might be a bonus...the prick Volaris Nov 2018 #8

Maybe not. onenote Nov 2018 #10

Actually, you are wrong. tableturner Nov 2018 #15

Not necessarily onenote Nov 2018 #24

I am referring to a long list of illegal acts admitted by Manafort. tableturner Nov 2018 #26

Where is this long list of illegal acts admitted by Manafort onenote Nov 2018 #28

HE will find out duforsure Nov 2018 #4

Obstruction of justice is coming malaise Nov 2018 #5

For each pardon, a treason charge should be added to the Resident. Just a Weirdo Nov 2018 #17

He can legally pardon anyone he wants to for any reason he wants to. Calista241 Nov 2018 #37

And they are far smarter than idiotic fools like tRump ever even imagined. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2018 #6

Ditto malaise Nov 2018 #7

as long as charges exist, Mueller can keep Manafort in jail for many more months beachbum bob Nov 2018 #9

The state charges threat may be overestimated in this instance. onenote Nov 2018 #13

Not anymore. Just a Weirdo Nov 2018 #19

May be. may not be. LanternWaste Nov 2018 #34

Actually the link, to an article in the NY Journal of Law, is a lot of law, not a lot of editorial onenote Nov 2018 #35

Doesn't Manafort have to be found guilty or plead guilty to be pardoned? allgood33 Nov 2018 #11

No. But in this case he was found guilty and/or pleaded guilty. onenote Nov 2018 #12

He's been found guilty already n/t malaise Nov 2018 #14

Manafort is unpardonable Just a Weirdo Nov 2018 #16

No charges have been brought against him in New York. And NY has a broad double jeopardy provision onenote Nov 2018 #25

K&R... spanone Nov 2018 #18

Also notice that Benedict Donald's tweets keep saying... Pluvious Nov 2018 #20

As long as the Con's life is ruined malaise Nov 2018 #27

I don't know why people think Trump will pardon Manafort... cbdo2007 Nov 2018 #21

Pardoning Manafort would show the carrot to other potential witnesses GopherGal Nov 2018 #36

+1, I've been saying red Don is going to do the raygun defender uponit7771 Nov 2018 #40

If owed as much $ to the RusskyMob as he does,,,,,, Cryptoad Nov 2018 #22

If that was really the case, why did he try so hard to stay out of prison onenote Nov 2018 #29

If he pardons Manafort - or any of them for that matter - it's more evidence against him. Vinca Nov 2018 #23

I wonder how many counts Mueller has on Manafort DFW Nov 2018 #30

Ha - he was guilty on eight malaise Nov 2018 #31

I can imagine the phone calls DFW Nov 2018 #32

Bwaaaaaah malaise Nov 2018 #33

If pardoned, no 5th can claimed related to those, right? Exposes Trump more. nt wiggs Nov 2018 #38

Where is the gop in all this? Why do dems always have to do the heavy lifting? nt wiggs Nov 2018 #39

They are being black mailed by the Russians too, their emails were hacked and not released so it uponit7771 Nov 2018 #41

Possible malaise Nov 2018 #42