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pardons after Russia probe

By HOPE YEN sel Robert Mueller's work where he believed pros-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don- wraps up, if he believed ecutors may have been
ald Trump's lawyer Rudy they were treated "unfairly." motivated by politics. He
Giuliani said Sunday the Until then, consideration of made clear on Sunday his
president might pardon his clemency is unnecessary, view of Mueller's investiga-
jailed, onetime campaign Giuliani said, as the White tion, saying it was "on pretty
In this May 5, 2018, file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for chairman and others en- House presses to bring the weak grounds right now."
President Donald Trump, speaks at the Iran Freedom Convention snared in the Russia investi- yearlong investigation to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine,
for Human Rights and democracy in Washington. gation once special coun- an end. said she thought it would
Associated Press Giuliani denied that Trump be "more helpful if the pres-
was trying to send a mes- ident never mentioned the
sage to Paul Manafort, who word pardon again with re-
was the 2016 chairman for spect to the Russian inves-
nearly five months, or oth- tigation because he wants
ers to refrain from cooper- to get that Russian inves-
ating with prosecutors. The tigation completed. And
former New York City may- every time he brings up
or suggested that an end the issue of pardons it gives
to the investigation could the investigators something
be in sight one way or the else that they have to look
other — either by undercut- into." Seeking to undermine
ting the Mueller's inquiry as Mueller's work, Trump and
illegitimate, or if necessary, his lawyers have seized on
by agreeing to a Trump in- a Justice Department in-
terview with prosecutors spector general's report
under limited conditions. on the 2016 Hillary Clinton
"The president is not going email investigation that
to issue pardons in this in- found insubordination and
vestigation," Giuliani said. poor judgment at the FBI.
"Because you just cloud Some of the officials who
what is becoming now a worked on the Clinton in-
very clear picture of an ex- vestigation also worked on
tremely unfair investigation the FBI's Russia probe, but
with no criminality involved the report did not find that
in it of any kind." political bias had tainted
But, he added, "When it's the Clinton review.
over, hey, he's the presi- The Justice Department has
dent of the United States. asked its internal watchdog
He retains his pardon pow- to review whether there
er. Nobody is taking that was any politically motivat-
away from him. He can ed surveillance by the FBI
pardon, in his judgment." of the Trump campaign.
Manafort was sent to jail "This is a case where it's cry-
last week after a federal ing out for someone to in-
judge revoked his house vestigate the investigators,"
arrest over allegations of Giuliani said. "We want the
witness tampering in the Mueller probe to be investi-
Russia investigation. Trump gated, the way the Trump
has criticized that decision administration has been in-
as "very unfair" as Manafort vestigated."
prepares for two criminal "If we did have it ...obvi-
trials. Trump has worked ously what we would really
outside the traditional par- like something in writing, re-
don process and used his sponded to in writing. And
clemency powers in cases it can be under oath."q