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Originally Posted by hcap
Not quite.
http://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary...or-real-crimes
Jonathan Turley,......
"True, the Constitution gives a president total discretion in the granting of pardons and commutations. However, it was not designed, and should not be used, to protect figures like Manafort or Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen. Shortly after Manafort was thrown into jail pending trial, Trump lamented, “Wow, what a tough sentence for Paul Manafort, who has represented Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and many other top political people and campaigns. Didn’t know Manafort was the head of the mob.”
Additionally......
"Mueller filed new charges against Manafort in February, but did not include a raft of potential fraud and tax charges. As Vox reported, this omission could be a choice to create room for states to bring forward other charges should Trump pardon Manafort. "
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Fantastic.
So this whole investigation really isn't about Russian interference in an election, but some kind of personal vendetta against the guy that was elected and those around him.
At least we got that squared away.