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Steve bannon said to me and others repeatedly lets make it about impeachment. it would make the stakes high enough for republicans. they think it can be a miscalculation for democrats. the worries would be the idea if the democrats control the house and have subpoena power, itll be investigation, investigation, investigation. anyone mentioned donald trumps name will be hauled to the committee. >> hey, peter, i want to play a piece of video. it transpired during the 9:00 p.m. hour tonight on fox ...

Presidential pardon of paul manafort? what are you hearing? >> reporter: no. no, no, no. in fact, republicans tell us theyre warning the president against doing something like that. even jeff flake, who is a long-time critic of the president who has often, you know, criticized by himself by the president at rallies and what not, he said, listen, that would be a major mistake. even if paul manafort was pardoned by the president, there still could be state charges so it is hard to see how he would...

Bracing for a political meltdown today, adding some are concerned about the political ramifications for the convictions for 2020 and the mid terms. ayman. >> thanks to hallie jackson for that report. new overnight, "fox news" says president is considering a pardon of manafort with the president describing the crimes as business as usual for washington lobbyists. here is ainsley earhart who did the interview and then the president. >> he mentioned pardoning manafort and then you have michael co...

Most of his assets are in new york. and now we know that his criminal associates of which michael cohen is one also call new york home. and regardless of what the president may do in terms of potentially pardoning manafort or anyone else. as attorney general, i would do my utmost and aggressively prosecute -- >> can that -- >> the president only has the power to pardon for convictions of federal crimes, he has no authority whatsoever to pardon for convictions of state crimes. now, state law in n...

Or more -- >> if the white house had any political shop of any significance, someone would be sitting around. so what do we get if -- just in terms -- always care about keeping the house. >> pardons are always a bleep you to the prosecute erdos. that was the common thread people prosecuted by comey -- >> at this point youre talking about someone -- ipds. we -- i understand. were talking about paul manafort and a couple months out from an election. if im in a shop and advising the president about...

With our campaign. that would be a straight-up lie. months ago "the new york times" raised the prospect of donald trump pardoning manafort. lets take a look at how the pardon would actually work. the president can forgive someone from a crime or excuse them from punishment. we should also note that the president can extend a pardon to someone whos not yet even been convicted of a crime. while its broad, there are some limitations that apply here. first, a presidential pardon can only be extend...

Politics of the midterm elections? does that generate enthusiasm in his wanted base? which is as we discussed a little bit of a shinny object. can they be more enthusiastic? does it gain him anything there. does it just cause the voters who really matter in the election, which is largely democrats who are already stirred up, but particularly a bunch of college-educated women in the suburbs who kind of vacillate between republican and democrat who arent necessarily committed dependents african-am...

Politics of the midterm elections? does that generate enthusiasm in his wanted base? which is as we discussed a little bit of a shinny object. can they be more enthusiastic? does it gain him anything there. does it just cause the voters who really matter in the election, which is largely democrats who are already stirred up, but particularly a bunch of college-educated women in the suburbs who kind of vacillate between republican and democrat who arent necessarily committed dependents african-am...

As far aspeng mr. manafort is concerned, hes presumed innocent until such time as the jurors go in and begin their deliberations. their verdict should be based upon the evidence and nothing else, how the president feels, how senator murphy feels, how you feel, how i feel, its simply based upon the evidence and somehow thats so gotten away from us! >> david: all right, gentlemen, thank you, both. iri mean, great legal analysis. kendall, randy, great to see you both. how the media is colluding w...

What would be a big victory for manafort those opposing the investigation would be a hung jury. the questions we got yesterday, maybe the impact of president trumps statements, there could be things adding up to suggest there could be at least a couple of jurors who have some skepticism about the prosecutions case and perhaps a reasonable doubt. now, its much too early for paul manafort to be getting optimism. we could recall cases such as arthur anderson, the accounting giant and scooter libby,...