Trump declines to rule out Manafort pardon as jury considers verdict

  • Trump: ‘He happens to be a very good person’
  • Virginia jury weighing 18 counts of tax evasion and bank fraud

Donald Trump defended Paul Manafort as “a good person” and declined to rule out a pardon as a jury spent Friday deliberating the fate of the former campaign chairman.

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