Former CIA Director John Brennan is predicting President Donald Trump will pardon his former campaign manager Paul Manafort.
In an interview on MSNBC posted on Twitter, Brennan said the only question is “when.”
“I don't have any doubt that Mr. Trump is going to pardon Paul Manafort at some point,” said Brennan, who is a contributor at the cable network.
If Manafort is convicted on state charges, however, “Donald Trump is not going to be able to pardon him for that,” Brennan said.
Manafort, a longtime lobbyist who led a presidential campaign, got less than four years behind bars for eight financial crimes, including bank fraud, tax fraud, and failure to disclose a foreign bank account.
But the light sentence could be extended in a Washington, D.C., federal court in an illegal lobbying case, the Washington Examiner noted.
Meanwhile, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday Trump will "make his decision" on whether to pardon Manafort "when he's ready,” CNBC reported.
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