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Will Donald Trump pardon Paul Manafort for all his financial crimes?

Manafort may have been trying to please two masters in this period by both claiming to cooperate with Mueller and providing Trump with back-channel information about Mueller's investigation

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Austin Sarat | The Conversation
Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, may be hoping for a presidential pardon.
In September, Manafort pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice and conspiracy against the U.S. He also agreed to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. However, Mueller recently filed papers in the federal district court for the District of Columbia alleging that Manafort had violated his cooperation agreement by repeatedly lying to the FBI and to Mueller’s investigators.
In addition, one of Manafort’s lawyers has been repeatedly briefing President Trump’s lawyers about his client’s discussions with the

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