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>> 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 ...

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 ...

Defendants in the case, other people who mueller has indicted or people he may indict that says you are not pardon proof and its orbvious that the judgs see the charges very seriously. one person i think would probably be paying particularly close attention is roger stone because we know his defense team will go in front of the same judge tomorrow for a status conference and we may hear whether or not hes in violation of his gag order. you have rick gates coming up where his defense will show ho...

Since these werent collusion cases and manaforts lawyer found himself fact check and shouted down by protesters. >> for anyone who was in the courtroom today what im about to say will not be a surprise. judge jackson conceded there was no evidence of any russian collusion in this case. >> hes a traitor. >> no evidence. >> traitor. >> no collusion. >> liar. >> youre a liar. >> liar. >> thats not what she said. >> very sad. >> thats not what she said. >> manafort is a traitor. >> manaforts a trait...

Now confessed crimes. rebuking the number of lie, the amount of fraud, the extraordinary amount of money that she detailed was at stake in his felonies and justified this medium to harsh sentence because she said manafort never accepted responsibility for this offense. ultimately backing away from the facts. as a legal matter, all of that would have made this the most devastating single day in the mueller probe thus far. the highest jail sentence, the most direct rebuke especially since jackson ...

Prosecutor who worked with manhattan d.a. how the pardon charges could face roger stone. well reveal how a federal judge demolished the trump-manafort no collusion defense with david corn and new allegations about donald trump trying to meddle in a different new york case, federal one against michael cohen. l cohen. mimini was born extraordinary, with more power for more fun. mini was born to do the only thing we ever wanted to do. drive. to hit start and just go. fast and far. around town and a...

Verdict. plf manafort has admitted the underlying facts. he will be relatively easily convictable. >> youre saying one of the star witnesses against paul manafort in the new york case is paul manafort? >> clearly. >> what could he get? >> the maximum is 8 to 25. the minimum is 1 to 3 years. >> based on your knowledge, what would be a reasonable outcome in new york? >> the new york didnt have sentencing guidelines. the judge has complete diskreegs -- diskreegs. its worth the two, three, four year...

Were going to get into why that matters. that bombshell completely changes the enormous pressure on mr. manafort and the white houses entire calculus and leverage up until today. this woman slbombshell dropped after his team walked out of court. the scene far harsher when the news of the lighter sentence broke. the judge adding about three and a half more years to that snans sentence last week wp. >> paul manafort has received 47 months in prison from this judge in virginia. 47 months. a fairly ...