By Kyle Cheney
POLITICO
August 24, 2018
While Paul Manafort was on trial for charges of serious financial crimes, President Donald Trump asked his legal team about the prospect of pardoning his former campaign chairman, according to Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer.
But Trump ultimately agreed with his legal team to delay the decision until after special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation was over, Giuliani told The Washington Post on Thursday.