Trump on Manafort verdicts: "He was a great man. I feel very sad. It doesn't involve me."

[Miles Archer]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he feels "very badly" for Paul Manafort after his former campaign chairman was convicted on eight felony counts in his federal bank and tax fraud trial.

Trump called it a "sad thing that happened" and said the verdict had nothing to do with him and "nothing to do with Russian collusion."

"I feel badly for Paul Manafort, I must tell you, he was a great man, he was with Ronald Reagan and many people over the years, and I feel very sad about that. It doesn't involve me, but I still feel it is a very sad thing that happened," he said after landing in West Virginia for a campaign rally. "This has nothing to do with Russian collusion."

Trump added of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, "It's a witch hunt and a disgrace."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-he-feels-very-badly-about-manafort-convictions-attacks-n902696

[htuttle]

1. "He was a great man"

He's speaking about you in the past tense, Paulie. You know what that means...

[Cha]

5. Ikr.. Fraud already has him "dead to me". Too bad

paulie's stink rubs off on trump.

[Botany]

2. Trump, "It doesn't involve me."

Wasn't Manafort Trump's campaign manager?

[Va Lefty]

3. "he was with Ronald Reagan."

"The presidency of Ronald Reagan in the United States was marked by multiple scandals, resulting in the investigation, indictment, or conviction of over 138 administration officials, the largest number for any U.S. president."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_administration_scandals

[spanone]

4. 'He was a great felon'

hey don, he's not a fucking victim, he's a convicted felon, 8 times over

you're administration is the disgrace

[Cha]

6. One of the BeBEST in his Swamp!

[spanone]

7. 👍🏼😎