Rudy Giuliani says Trump has considered pardoning Paul Manafort for weeks

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pleaded ignorance at Wednesday's press briefing about the possibility of a Paul Manafort pardon. As usual, Rudy Giuliani tells a different story.

In a Washington Post interview Thursday, President Trump's press-happy lawyer described just how angry his boss was with Manafort's financial crimes trial, which resulted in guilty convictions on eight counts. Trump was so mad, he asked his lawyers a few weeks ago about the possibility of pardoning his ex-campaign chair.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.