“Independents who supported Trump in 2016 told Carroll they might re-consider their support if Trump pardons either Manafort or Cohen.”
I call BS. A Manafort pardon would be a positive, since the travesty of justice in this case is palpable.
I disagree with you. I know some folks from that neck of the woods. The consensus on Manafort is that he’s a crooked swamp-dweller who was probably a Deep State mole in the Trump campaign and deserves everything he has coming to him. And they see Cohen as a shyster NYC lawyer who only worked for Trump because he got lost on his way to a job interview at the Clinton campaign headquarters in Brooklyn.
I concur.