I see no other option but for the President to pardon him after the midterms, otherwise Mueller will have him incriminating the President in a laundry list of made up charges.
We already know the verdict won’t be a slam-dunk for Mueller.
The jury seems to be taking their duty seriously. Despite the talk of Manafort turning on Trump, what is there for him to reveal?
It’s my take that Trump did his best to win the presidency by using above board tactics. If it were to be revealed he did something terribly wrong, I wouldn’t like it, but it would have to stand on it’s own merits.
I don’t see that happening. I trust Trump to do the right thing. I think he has done the right thing.
If the jury finds Manafort guilty, it will probably be because they think the case was made against him.
Manafort’s team gambled by not presenting a defense. They probably had a pretty good reason to go that route.
I’m not in favor of Trump pardoning him.
Look, if he gets a 300 year sentence, I would change that opinion. If he gets a few years that are appropriate to the issue he’s convicted on, then I would accept it.