Senator: Pardoning Manafort would be an ‘abuse of power’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee says if President Donald Trump pardons his former campaign chairman it would be a “blatant and unacceptable abuse of power.”
Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia says in a tweet that the presidential pardon power is not a “personal tool” that the president can use to protect “himself and his friends.” The comments came in response to an interview Trump granted to the New York Post.
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