So much for law and order.
Rudy Giuliani, the former federal prosecutor and current mouthpiece for President Donald Trump, intimated Thursday that Paul Manafort isn't really a criminal _ even though the former Trump campaign chairman has been convicted on tax and bank fraud charges and may spend the rest of his life in prison.
"It's a white-collar crime, who the heck is in jeopardy, the American public?" Giuliani told the New York Daily News. "I have as much sympathy for Manafort as the president does."
Giuliani, 74, said he has advised the president against pardoning Manafort while special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation remains ongoing because "the press that is anti-Trump will try to turn it into to some kind of obstruction of justice."
However, once the probe is over, Giuliani said Trump may very well use his presidential power to clear Manafort's name.
"He has the power to do it," Giuliani said. "(Manafort) is hardly a menace to society."
