Trump has already issued some provocative pardons, which were arguably abuses. Pardoning Manafort, however, would push this dynamic to the breaking point.
In one corner, we see Special Counsel Robert Mueller pressuring Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s felonious former campaign chairman. In the other corner, we see the president himself, who seemed to send his former aide a not-so-subtle signal during an interview today with the New York Post.
Trump added, “You know, this flipping stuff is terrible.” It remains deeply odd to see a president repeatedly condemn a common and effective law-enforcement tool .
In the same interview, Trump went on to say, “I’m telling you, this is McCarthyism.
