Trump pardons Paul Manafort, campaign chairman convicted of tax and bank fraud

President Trump pardoned former campaign chairman Paul Manafort on December 23, 2020, after Manafort had been convicted of eight counts of tax and bank fraud and pleaded guilty to two additional conspiracy and witness tampering charges tied to his work lobbying for Ukraine's pro-Russia government. Manafort served less than two years of a 7.5-year combined sentence. Mueller's report cited evidence that Manafort had signaled to co-defendants they would "be taken care of," which investigators viewed as a reference to potential pardons.