On Wednesday night, Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt told Sean Hannity that during her interview with President Trump earlier in the day, the president had "mentioned pardoning [Paul] Manafort," his former campaign chairman and, as of Tuesday, federal convict. "He did, and said he would consider that. ... I think he feels bad for Manafort." Earlier Wednesday, Trump had, in fact, tweeted, "I feel very badly for Paul Manafort," but criticized former lawyer/fixer Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to several financial and election law crimes on Tuesday, some of which implicate Trump. A White House official said Tuesday that pardoning Manfort would be a "crisis PR firm's worst nightmare." Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani told The New York Times that a Manafort pardon was not under consideration.

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