Pardoning Two News Today

Stone had this reaction to the verdict. >> mr. stone, whats your reaction to the verdict? >> no comment. >> are you receiving a pardon from president trump? >> no comment. >> dont do that, no comment. >> 67-year-old is still under a gag order as he awaits sentencing, which is in february of next year. stone is the sixth trump associate to have been convicted of a crime since the president took office. all of those cases stemming from the russia investigation. and president trump has ignored ad...

Times" reported that former trump lawyer john dowd floated the idea of pardoning two key figures while the special counsel was building cases against them. the times report raises questions on whether dowd was trying to discourage michael flynn, the then -- the fired national security adviser, and paul manafort, former head of the trump campaign, from cooperating with investigators. cnn crime and justice reporter shim shimon prokupecz is joining us to talk about this. >> reporter: thats the key ...