I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. Justice took a 12 year old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and, unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to break - make up stories in order to get a deal. Such respect for a brave man!
Michael Cohen plead guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations that are not a crime. President Obama had a big campaign finance violation and it was easily settled!
He is definitely going to pardon manafort. That said, a democratic senator was on CNN saying they needed to push through a bill to not allow the president pardon powers for Manafort. And, I am pretty sure that is not constitutional. President has pardon powers. ---