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>> a lot of people assuming its a probability. the reality, we saw today, p papadopoulos, low-level staffer. pay no attention. paul manafort was chair of the campaign. what we know, seeing both sides, really its been methodical the way theyre going through this and shouldnt expect to see an ending in the next few weeks. >> a secret, one of the defendants brought in a public defender. being caught off guard. you wouldnt bring in a public defender if you knew an arrest was coming down the pike. >>...

We know from his time as a fib director, he doesnt like a meandering investigation. hes not on a time line. as to whether the president is going to pardon somebody, thats outside of my area. if he wants to pardon people, he can pardon people. >> what is the check on a pardon? is there anyone that can stop this president no matter what he thinks, he looks like hes about to flip, can he say at the last minute, im going to pardon him? >> theres certainly speculation that that is a strategy to not c...

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Almost ought to be illegal. >> almost ought to be illegal. earlier today, we also found out that trump may be willing to take drastic steps to pardon paul manafort. trump is continuing to raise the possibility of a pardon and has been, quote, clashing with this man, white house counsel don mcgahn who is strongly against pardoning manafort. trump is considering bringing in a new lawyer to draft a manafort pardon if mcgahn wont do it. he really at this point doesnt care, a former official said. he...

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Look at the numbers that core base of trump support is for example for pardoning manafort is 18%. you can go hard on that. you have to be careful of the corruption numbers. because that message is starting to breakthrough. if youre running for office especially for congress in a swing district, you move away from the manafort -- mueller should continue. thats the safest way of going. youre not going too far from the president on that. sessions should stay in. >> speaking of the poll. there is a ...

I think he feels the walls closing in and is in just a panic and does not know what to do. if he does go ahead and do it, i will tell you i think its grounds for an obstruction count, because all of his tweets, all of his statements to don mcgahn that he wants him to fire him, all of his statements to fox news and certainly what we received from the "washington post" tonight. all of that is evidence of a possible obstruction count. its not that different from, lets say, pardoning manafort is evi...

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