Rudy: Trump Talking About Manafort Pardon Was 'Not a Signal'

[DonViejo]

The president’s lawyer insists that the president was merely explaining the extent of the constitutional powers he possesses.

Asawin Suebsaeng
11.29.18 9:41 PM ET

Move along, nothing to see here, Donald Trump’s legal team is saying once again.

A day after Donald Trump told the New York Post that pardoning Paul Manafort is “not off the table,” the president’s lawyer dismissed the idea that he was sending a message to his besieged former campaign chairman that relief was on the way.

Rudy Giuliani told The Daily Beast on Thursday that the president’s interview remarks were “not a signal” to Manafort but merely a comment on the extent of his constitutional prerogatives.

“He has the constitutional power to, some time in the future, either pardon or not pardon. That doesn’t mean they’re gonna get a pardon! But, I'm sorry, the presidential power is there,” Giuliani emphasized. “The president, whether he says it or not, he has the power to do it.”

He added that, “no president has ever said in advance, ‘I'm not going to pardon anyone.’”

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[dem4decades]

1. Rudy vs Mueller. I'm going all in on Mueller for the win.

[safeinOhio]

2. OK Rudy, if you say so,

then you won't have any problem having Mueller look into it?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. "He's not saying he'll do it--he might, but he might not--he's just not doing it now, but he might."

Huh?