Trump's lawyer, John Dowd, discussed pardons for Manafort & Flynn with their lawyers last Summer

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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's lawyer, John Dowd, floated the possibility last year with lawyers for former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort that the President might issue pardons for both men, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing three individuals with knowledge of the discussions.

The conversations happened as special counsel Robert Mueller "was building cases against both men," the Times reported, which raises "questions about whether the lawyer, John Dowd, was offering pardons to influence their decisions about whether to plead guilty and cooperate in the investigation" into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Dowd resigned from the President's legal team earlier this month. In a statement to the Times, Dowd denied the report. "There were no discussions. Period," he said, according to the Times. "As far as I know, no discussions."

In a statement, White House counsel Ty Cobb said he has "only been asked about pardons by the press and have routinely responded on the record that no pardons are under discussion or under consideration at the White House." White House press secretary Sarah Sanders referred to Cobb's statement when asked about the Times' report at a briefing Wednesday, later adding that pardons are "not currently" under consideration.




https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/politics/dowd-flynn-manafort-pardons/index.html?sr=twCNN032818dowd-flynn-manafort-pardons0309PMVODtop

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[bearsfootball516]

1. Explains why Manafort hasnt cracked.

[Achilleaze]

2. Witness tampering

How republican is that?

Witless tampering.

[exboyfil]

3. If demonstrated to be true then that is

an impeachable offense right there without going any further. By sending his personal attorney to discuss this, Trump is proffering his presidential power to benefit himself personally. Since Flynn has already plead and is a cooperating witness, he only needs to verify this discussion.

This is actually more corrupt than anything Nixon did during Watergate. He at least tried to use the mechanism of the Executive branch.

You have to hope that a state hammer exists that is worse than Flynn's plea deal.