Lets pretend there really was some illegal shit going on between Trump / Manafort / Gates ..
Whether it was money laundering, collusion, whatever you crazed Hillbots can conjure up in your deluded brains...why in the world would Manafort or Gates squeal on Trump when you KNOW Trump would just pardon them anyways?
Wouldn't it be better to keep your mouth shut, plead guilty, save yourself potentially a $mill+ on mounting a defense and wait for a pardon to come down before you even walk into a prison?
A pardon would wipe the conviction clean off your record. If they rat Trump out they both still end up convicted felons and could still do time. Keep quiet, get pardoned and it's like they were never convicted at all.
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