NY Times: Giuliani and Trump discussed potential fallout of a Manafort pardon

Giuliani told the Times that pardoning Manafort, who on Tuesday was found guilty on eight of 18 financial crimes, was not something the President was considering.

However, the paper reported that Giuliani said in an interview that Trump thought Manafort had not been treated well.

"Yesterday's plea and Manafort's conviction, none of it had to do with collusion, none of it has to do with obstruction," Giuliani said, according to The New York Times. "He really thinks Manafort has been horribly treated."

Manafort, facing up to 80 years in prison, was found guilty on five tax fraud charges, one charge of hiding foreign bank accounts and two counts of bank fraud.

The trial was the first major test in court for special counsel Robert Mueller's team. Mueller is leading the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election and whether there was any collusion with Trump's campaign. However, the initial charges against Manafort were unrelated to the campaign. Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion.

Manafort has been in jail since June, and faces additional criminal charges in federal court in Washington. Those charges pertain to alleged failure to register his foreign lobbying as well as an alleged money laundering conspiracy related to his Ukrainian political work.