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If Trump were to pardon Manafort now, the special counsel already knows what Manafort said and can still compel him to testify with a grand jury subpoena, according to former Justice Department official Matt Miller.
Paul Manafort pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy and agreed to help special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion by the Trump campaign.
California GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher has fended off challengers before but this time around he's facing one of the toughest battles of his political life against businessman Harley Rouda, a Democrat, as the two are virtually tied in polls.
"Mueller sees Manafort as a key in that regard, or a final key," said Sol Wisenberg, deputy to Kenneth Starr during the 1990s Whitewater investigation of President Bill Clinton.
Trump has offered support for his former campaign manager throughout Manafort's legal battle with Mueller. Friday's retraction raised questions about whether the goodwill could be short-lived.
Veteran Republican White House official Bill Kristol says his nonprofit organization Defending Democracy Together is seeking a GOP candidate to run against Trump in 2020.
The contents of the letter about Brett Kavanaugh were not revealed. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she "referred the matter to federal investigative authorities."
Edited photos and strong visuals were common among the posts by Russian agents attempting to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election and other global elections.
In August, the Puerto Rican government raised the official death count dramatically to 2,975, after maintaining for months that only 64 people had died.
Mark Zuckerberg began the year by promising to make Facebook safer from election interference around the world. He has spent most of the rest of the year apologizing for not recognizing the problem earlier.
That number represents a more than fivefold increase since last May, setting a record, according to a report in The New York Times, which first reported the numbers.