President Trump says he has not given a thought about pardoning his former campaign manager: “It's not something that's right now on my mind. I do feel badly for Paul Manafort, that I can tell you”
President Trump, speaking from the White House, said he feels"badly" for his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was sentenced to additional prison time and charged with new crimes in New York today.Without commenting directly on the new charges, Trump lamented his former aides situation.He did not say whether he was considering a pardon for Manafort.MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
The person who I have been described as in public is not someone who I recognize. While I know that I am not that person, I feel shame and embarrassment for the suffering that I have caused to my family and friends and all who have been affected by my behavior.Furthermore, I want to apologize for all that I did that contribute to these actions and to the effects that they had on both people and institutions.
. I have already begun to change and I am confident that the lessons of the past two years will be the guide for my future. The Manhattan District Attorney charged Manafort with mortgage fraud, falsifying business records and conspiracy on Wednesday, the prosecutor’s office announced. Federal prosecutors separately took him to trial last summer over mortgage fraud that began when his Ukrainian lobbying income declined around 2015 and reached into 2017, they said. Manafort even attempting to use his sway as a political heavyweight to lock down money from banks to supplement his income. He later admitted to that activity, federal prosecutors alleged at his trial.
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