Manafort Holds Out Hope

Paul Manafort might be facing long odds, but President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman isn’t rolling over in his Virginia trial on tax evasion and bank fraud. Politico reports many Washington attorneys have speculated that the longtime GOP operative is biding his time, pinning his hopes on Trump swooping in with a pardon that lets him off the hook if he’s convicted in Virginia or in a second trial in September on another set of charges from special counsel Robert Mueller.