When it comes to the Mueller report and President Trump, journalist Carl Bernstein says he doubts Attorney General William Barr would want “to end his public career by suppressing what the American people need to know.”
Yet the shorter than expected sentence handed to his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is giving the President a few, rare crumbs of comfort as he faces down an expansive set of criminal, civil and congressional investigations into his presidency, campaign, business empire and personal life.
Senator: Manafort sentence 'failed to do justice' 02:02Trump's critics expressed disbelief at Manafort's sentence."The American people would be justified in feeling that there has been some miscarriage of justice here in the leniency of this sentence," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, told CNN's Erin Burnett on"OutFront."Freshman Rep.
Congressman: Manafort fishing for a pardon from Trump 01:19The sentencing combined with Manafort's failure to express remorse sparked immediate speculation about the possibility that Trump could pardon his former campaign chair."The statement by Paul Manafort's lawyer after an already lenient sentence -- repeating the President's mantra of no collusion -- was no accident. It was a deliberate appeal for a pardon.
Lawmaker: Cohen's closed-door testimony was 'explosive' 02:05As Manafort faced his judgment day, Cohen was facing fresh attacks on his credibility amid accusations that he lied to Congress during his explosive testimony last week.Trump's former attorney told lawmakers that he had never asked for and would not accept a pardon from Trump.
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