FILE PHOTO: Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort departs from U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Evidence supports the inference that President Donald Trump intended for Paul Manafort, his former campaign chairman convicted as a result of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, to believe that he could get a pardon, according to Mueller's report.
Manafort also told his deputy, Rick Gates, who pleaded guilty in a case related to the Mueller investigation, in January that Trump's personal counsel had told him they were "going to take care of us," according to Mueller's report.
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