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Miralax. look for the pink cap. now to the other big story that would be number one as we tend to say these days, if not for everything you just saw. this is the legal checkmate the new york feds are trying to put on president trump, at least through the guy who ran his campaign, paul manafort. because these new charges, donald trump cannot pardon. new york d.a. cy vance making this aggressive move before manaforts lawyers could even leave court yesterday. and tonight, weve actually assembled ...

Manafort? >> i have not thought about it. do i feel badly for paul manafort. >> rudy jagiuliani is that a pardon is not being considered right now. just this week, white house press secretary sarah sanders said a decision was not yet made implying it was on the table. >> why hasnt the president ruled out a pardon for for paul manafort. >> he made his position on that clear, he will make a decision when he is ready. >> joining me is christina bellatoni, hour fineman, and michael steele, former rn...

>> sure. i dont disagree with you. the point tonight before you go deep in the weeds is theres no good rationale for donald trump who has proven to be quite wily about dealing with law enforcement to rush out a federal pardon. doebt dont you think thats less likely sooner because of this hedge? >> perhaps. if manafort is still hoping to keep quiet and not tell the truth as the judge accused him of doing in the federal case. he still has an incentive to maybe stick to that position so whether he ...

Hes facing a longer jail sentence in new york than what me faced against mueller in a place where theres no pardon and might have rougher treatment. do you think the d.a. can flip him for real this time? >> if i were a betting man, i would say probably not. if he didnt flip under the federal charges, i would say he he is unlikely to cooperate. >> why do people resist to the end? >> theres a million reasons. they have their own private view of the truth. people they are protecting. in my experien...

Of these charges are not subject to presidential pardon. its unlikely and one of the things in the charges here manaforts accused of various kinds of real estate fraud that inspired jacking up the rents in new york city. you put manafort in front of a new york jury and accuse him of jacking up rents, hes going away for a long time. >> based on your knowledge, people can like or dislike what the two judges did. we see disparities there. based on your knowledge of this, how are judges in new york ...

Now we know no pardon can save manafort in new york. im excited about our guest on this topi he was the jack mccoy to vances adam schiff. thank you for coming on the beat tonight. >> my pleasure. >> what does it mean that you have the d.a. going at charges like this after someone has just finished getting their federal sentence? have you ever seen a case like th this? >> no. new yorks double jeopardy lawyers are very strong. it would be very unlikely. also its not like there was some obvious mis...

You cant make up how much is happening. 16 new counts right here in this mortgage frauds case. this changes everything. very existence of these charges which is new tonight reduce any motivation for president trump to try to rush to to pardon manafort on the federal crimes if he could sit in a different jail for other crimes that trump cannot pardon. as this show and my colleague rachel maddow a and many legal experts have noted, manaforts team had been using their final filings to pitch a feder...

First of all, its the irony of paul manafort having been rebuked for breaching his plea agreement by engaging in so many lies to the fbi, to the prosecutors and then his lawyer going outside the courtroom and lying once again. i see it as what hes doing is holding out a flag waving it as high as he can to bring down the rescue plane. pardon me, mr. president. pardon me. no collusion claim is a complete n non-sequitor in this case. the investigation is ongoing. i think maybe paul manafort was sti...

President. there may came a role down the road, but now would be a disaster. >> when would it not be a political disaster? i guess if it is president pence or someone that did it? >> cornering someone in the elevator is always a great move. interestingly everyone is giving speaker pelosi props for holding back saying essentially lets take it to the american people, we dont want to play into his hands by forcing the conversation to be about impeachment. if donald trump wants it saul to be about i...

Trial from the viewpoint of mueller, i have been in many of those dust ups myself, but i didnt think he would go as low as 47 months. i thought that judge ellis would have imposed a seven or eight year term, that could have been academic. but to answer your question finally i felt that, you know, seven, eight, nine years -- >> the totality of it ends up being fair. >> what a way to kick us off, thank you, up next with the question of a possible presidential pardon still up in the air, prosecutor...