pardon, but paul manafort who was just convicted on 8 charges yesterday around the same time cohen was pleading guilty, his situation could be a different story. trump tweeting about manafort this morning, praising him for not breaking. if trump pardons manafort, b ambassador eisen, is that obstruction of justice? >> here at brookings, we published the second edition of obstruction of justice report. we explain in there as we go through the incredible amount of substantial evidence of obstruction that yes, if the president issues a pardon with corrupt intent, if it is part of a pattern we saw, starting with demanding comey's loyalty, firing comey, urging sessions to do his legal obligations, not to recuse, dictating false statement at trump tower, all these tweets attacking mueller and the investigation, and now issuing pardons to block