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People in Trump's political orbit who have pleaded guilty

Five people in President Donald Trump's orbit have pleaded guilty to federal charges. Prosecutors in Washington and New York are investigating whether the Trump campaign coordinated with the Kremlin in the 2016 election and whether Trump directed an illegal hush-money scheme to silence women who said they had sex with him. Here's a look at those cases:

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Manafort was separately convicted last summer of eight felony counts related to millions of dollars he hid from the IRS in offshore accounts. The charges are all unrelated to Trump's campaign. Trump has distanced himself from Manafort, who led his presidential campaign from May 2016 to August 2016. On Thursday, Trump said it was "very sad" what has happened to Manafort, adding that he's "never seen anybody treated so poorly." Trump said in an interview with the New York Post earlier this week that a potential pardon for Manafort is "not off the table."