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Paul Manafort banking on a presidential pardon, sources say

A federal judge sent former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort to jail ahead of his trial after allegations of witness tampering surfaced in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. President Trump distanced himself from Manafort on Friday, but later tweeted that he thought the judge's decision was unfair. Weijia Jiang reports.
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