# Trump pardons Paul Manafort

Date: 2020

On 23 December 2020 [President Donald Trump](/people/mig-donald-trump) granted a pardon to [Paul Manafort](/people/paul-manafort), who had received combined sentences of about seven and a half years in two federal cases brought by the special counsel. [Mueller](/people/robert-mueller)'s final report had described in detail how Trump signalled to Manafort and Roger Stone that pardons might be possible if they stayed loyal.

## People

- Paul Manafort: https://factrail.ai/people/paul-manafort

## Sources

- https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/23/politics/trump-pardons-stone-manafort-kushner/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/22/paul-manafort-court-says-da-cant-prosecute-trump-campaign-chief.html

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/trump-pardons-manafort-2020-12-23