Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Friday that Paul Manafort is still “not disqualified” from potentially getting pardoned by President Donald Trump, even after Manafort agreed to a plea deal requiring total cooperation with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
“I don’t have any reason to believe it’s happening now, but I also don’t have any reason to preclude it in the future,” Giuliani told the New York Daily News.
The lawyer insisted that Trump isn’t worried about anyone flipping “as long as they tell the truth.”
“And certainly Paul would do that,” said Giuliani.
When news broke of Manafort’s shocking plea deal on Friday after he was charged with two counts of conspiracy, the Trump legal team issued a statement insisting that the ex-Trump campaign manager’s cooperation agreement has “nothing to do with President Trump or the Trump campaign.”
Before the bombshell deal, Trump said he felt “very badly” for Manafort and praised him for refusing to “break” to investigators – or as Trump described it, “make up stories in order to get a ‘deal.'”
Hey Rudy, what’s that new cologne you’re wearing? Is that “The Stink of Desperation”? It really suits you!
Holy fuck. He just flat out and said “don’t worry, Paul! Go ahead and perjure yourself and violate the agreement and all will be forgiven!”
The undertone of barely suppressed hysteria in his voice was palpable. He sounded like Kevin Bacon as the Faber College homecoming parade began to unravel.
Yeah and the plea deal is partially contingent on Manafort’s cooperation. And I rather think that the FBI will have a pretty good idea that he is lying if he tries it.
Ghouliani is whistling past the graveyard. He was sent out to pretend everything is just a-okay. The fact that we have heard nothing from Spankee or any of his Evil Spawn speaks louder than anything how much panic and terror is swirling around Crime Family Trump today. And I’ll bet Mikey Q-Tip didn’t sleep well last night either.
Is it wrong that I am enjoying this so much??
Rudy, I hope you and our “president” realize that all this talk of a pardon, particularly in the context of the orange-topped one complaining about people “flipping,” surely sounds like an “intent” to obstruct justice.
But you and Donnie can just keep on digging . . .