This is so sick !
They are openly winking to Manafort that if he just sits tight and keeps his mouth shut that Trumper will take care of him just āNot at this timeā (wink) (wink)
I think it just means that rudi has no idea what heās talking about as usual.
Trump wonāt pardon him, he needs a ābestieā when he goes to join him in prison.
Does not matter if Spanky gives Manafort a pardon. If Manafort failed to claim his total income on the Fed tax form he certainly did not claim all his income on his state tax form either. The state can go after him for tax evasion also.
Good point, but the federal taxes are usually the big kahuna. State taxes (usually) are a fraction of federal taxes.
I would be shocked if the Orange Goo wound not give Manafort a pardon, and soon. He is already setting the stage. Congress needs to change the laws on Presidential pardons before this gets beyond ridiculous.
If they pardon him now, wouldnāt that affect the DC case?
Trump is shamelessly holding out the possibility of a pardon, which is disgusting, and saying āI feel very badly for Paul Manafort.ā If Manafort flips, one wonders what Donnie will say about him.
Taint isnāt taint! Pardon isnāt pardon!
Hinting in any way to Manafort that a pardon is on the horizon is going to bring PP a world of hurt that he has no idea exists, obstruction of justice for one. It could also lead to PP being indicted after he leaves office for issuing pardons. Rudy knows less than PP so weāre listening to dopes enjoying the coverage theyāre getting
legal experts say that such pardons, coupled with other actions, could increase Mr. Trumpās risk of prosecution for obstruction of justice. Abuse of the pardon power could also be grounds for impeachment.
Might take an amendment to the Constitution. This is the eleventy-kajillionth instance of Trump violating long-standing norms where the laws donāt speak to the issue. (He violates at least twelvity-five laws a day, too.)
Imagine.
Of course heās not. Manafort has at least one more trial to lose before Trump will pardon him.
While this hard working Congress which exists only in our imagination works on changing pardon laws, they could also get to work on eliminating the EC and working on that dormant Equal Rights Amendment.
Not the first voice saying this could drive PP to resign.
Would Trump resist a plea bargain more than anyone else in his inner-circle? Does he have the spinal fortitude to risk a five-year jail term and a good chunk of his personal fortune for the chance of saving his political career and the undying love of his political base?
Thatās because he mulled and decided the day Paulie was indicted. If Iām those two, Iām more worried about Russian Roulette.
Trump is not considering pardoning his former campaign chairman āat this time.ā
Other things Trump is not considering āat this timeā:
- Immediate and open-ended admission to the Minsk Institute for Advanced Bone-Spur Therapy.
- Twelve more buckets of Extra-Crispy.
- A ābig, beautiful, very classyā perm.
- Staring into the sun.
- Binge screaming.
- Hiding in Hannityās tool shed āuntil the voices stopā.
- Dying in prison.
Manafort better flip soon if he wants a sweet deal because Cohen already implicated Trump in at least two felonies and appears anxious to tell the Special Counsel about more, including computer crimes and conspiracy with Russia. Manafort needs to move ASAP.
If mulling means thinking, this has nothing to do with Trump. 
So in other words he is because everything Rudy says is the opposite of what Trump plans.