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Actors. so if paul manafort says to bob mueller it was all me and donald trump did not know about it, then mueller is in a position to having to look elsewhere to try to tie this to the president. >> and donald trump was asked if he would pardonelse. >> i dont want to talk about it or well talk about it later. do you think a pardon, or you know the presidents dangling pardons over manafort and flynn as a result of the mueller probe, do you think pardoning manafort is something that would further...

Stay on schedule postponed a plan on pre-trial hearing on evidence in the case. a sign that something is going on. what exactly it is, we dont know. we know theres ongoing discussions between paul manaforts lawyer and the special counsels office. >> very interesting. theres also this. we should keep it in mind, donald trumps flirting with the idea of pardoning paul manafort. trump sought advice from his lawyers in the possibility of pardoning manafort and other aides accused of crimes. his attor...

Unedited fashion for anyone to watch. i was speaking to a sen yr senior editor in the trump administration for a long time. >> he sort of doesnt have any control. there was never any external control to speak of. way back he used to listen to people, but after that he became very famous and full of himself there was no sound control. but he did have a little bit of self-control. right now it looks like hes out of control. >> to idea that the president may be becoming aware that his legal situati...

I was speaking to a senior editor in the trump administration for a long time. >> he sort of doesnt have any control. there was never any external control to speak of. way back he used to listen to people, but after that he became very famous and full of himself there was no sound control. but he did have a little bit of self-control. right now it looks like hes out of control. >> to the idea that the president may be becoming aware that his legal situation post-michael cohen, post-paul manafort...

President may be becoming aware that his legal situation post-michael cohen, post-paul manafort, all discussions of pardoning manafort, the coded messages hes been sending to the manafort team and the manafort team has been sending back thanking him for his support, that may be contributing to this. >> and i thought that comment was interesting. if you think about it maybe his internal controls are less than what they used to be, but the guardrails that used to exist in the white house sort of h...

Flexing its muscles and sending a message to the president saying, hey, this could be the opening act, and trump worries that a real member of his inner circle could be next. and certainly, though there has been some reporting that manaforts lawyers expressed some ideas of negotiations with lawyers in the second trial, but yes, manafort fought this. he didnt flip. unlike, say, rick gates who turned against him. and the president has talked to people about potentially pardoning him. we have rudy ...

It. but even acknowledging that, hes giving us a window to the idea that there have been discussions. >> its not outlandish when there are suggestions the president has talked about this. however, don mcgahn showed resistance to pardoning manafort. i dont know what the rules are, what don mcgahn would have had to do about this, because he has said the president does what he wants to do. i wonder how that plays into the whole matter. >> we heard as well mcgahn was suggesting that was a bad idea, ...

And certainly, though there has been some reporting that manaforts lawyers expressed some ideas of negotiations with lawyers in the second trial, but yes, manafort fought this. he didnt flip. unlike, say, rick gates who turned against him. and the president has talked to people about potentially pardoning him. we have rudy giuliani tell us in recent days, sort of downplays that, confirmed the discussions were had but suggested it was floating out there and the president agreed we should do it. b...

Lawyers are doing what lawyers are doing trying to preserve any kind of appeal process down the line should paul manafort get convicted. but quite simply, i think, none of this perhaps might matter because in the end, there is some indication or no one believes the president hasnt ruled out pardoning manafort when all this is over. well have to have the judge rule in this case. and the trial is set to begin on september 24th. >> we will talk to you all about it then. thank you. straight ahead ...

Presidents tweets. hes been mad at sessions for a long time. what do you make of him actually discussing firing him with people in the white house? >> i agree with you its not exactly news. hes been trying to bully this guy to resign for a long time. i think its a sign of frantic behavior. look at the position hes in. manafort is convicted and is about to be convicted again. cohen has flipped. immunity has been given. his white house counsel has given 30 hours of testimony to mueller. i think he...