WASHINGTON — On Sunday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) implored President Trump not to pardon former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. “It would be a mistake.…
WASHINGTON — On Sunday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) implored President Trump not to pardon former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
“It would be a mistake. And I would strongly counsel against it,” Rubio told CNN’s Jake Tapper.
The Florida Republican explained that he didn’t believe the presidential pardon power was created to use for these types of purposes.
“I think it would be the wrong thing to do and I think it would be a huge political mistake as well,” Rubio said on “State of the Union.
