Matt Miller: If Trump Pardons Manafort, It Would Look a Lot Like Obstruction of Justice

‘I think it’s a red line that members of Congress would have to look at very seriously’

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RUHLE: "All right, Matt, he holds the key here. But if President Trump would be willing to pardon Paul Manafort, then what would happen?" 
MILLER: "Well, I think you’d have to raise the question of impeachment at that point. Look, if the president were to pardon Manafort when Manafort is facing these charged and it’s very clear that part of what Bob Mueller is up to is trying to pressure Manafort to flip and tell him anything he knows about the president’s involvement in any scheme. And -- and we should be clear, there may be nothing that he knows about the president’s involvement, there may be no involvement. But if the president were to pardon him in the -- in the middle of this investigation, that would look a lot like obstruction of justice. I think it’s a red line that members of Congress would have to look at very seriously." 

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