Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort defends Trump for letting him spend 23 months in prison before granting a pardon.

Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort defends Trump for letting him spend 23 months in prison before granting a pardon.

He could have pardoned you a lot sooner and didn't how are you okay with that? Yes, he could have and well, because I'm a strategist and I sit back and I see all sides. Obviously, in this case I had a very definite perspective on my side but I also had a deep perspective on Trump’s side. It was not as if the controversies had finished Trump was still getting you know, attacked on all on, all lines. And The Republican establishment in Washington was not supportive of Trump. They were not supportive of me. You know, people who should have been out there giving you know grief, about what I was going through were probably in problems. Who knew me knew who I really was? They were quiet too.