Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday that President Trump’s refusal to rule out a pardon for his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, adds to evidence that the president is obstructing justice.
“The president continues to dangle a pardon for Paul Manafort, which only adds to growing body of evidence that the president is engaged in obstructing justice,” Schiff, the incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on ABC’s “This Week.”
Rep. Adam Schiff on charge that Paul Manafort lied in testimony to the special counsel: "The president continues to dangle a pardon for Paul Manafort, which only adds to the growing body of evidence that the president is engaged in obstructing justice." https://t.co/04Cn5K0bxP pic.twitter.com/Ho5UGFhTCu
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Trump said last week that he had not discussed a pardon for Manafort, but that he would not “take it off the table.” – READ MORE