Trump lawyer dangled 2 big pardons: report
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S personal lawyer discussed pardons with attorneys for Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort last year, according to a report Wednesday.
The potential prospect of pardons came from John Dowd as special counsel Robert Mueller was zeroing in on indictments against the pair, The New York Times reported.
Dowd, who stepped away from Trump’s legal team last week, did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but denied to the Times that he had such discussions with lawyers representing either of the President’s former advisers.
“There were no discussions. Period,” Dowd said. “As far as I know, no discussions.”
Flynn, Trump’s short-lived national security adviser, pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents last fall and agreed to cooperate with investigators.
Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, is maintaining his innocence after being indicted for a litany of charges including money laundering and conspiracy related to his lobbying work with Ukraine.
Trump has repeatedly dismissed Mueller’s probe into Russian election meddling as a “witch hunt.”