virginia trial said in open court to some controversy that he believes the prosecutors in this case are interested in what paul manafort might be able to contribute to a case that involves the president or other high ranking federal officials. once the prosecutors knew their case was in the hands of the jury in virginia, they presumably had some ideas to the strength of their case, what they put forward, the likelihood of getting convictions. wouldn't them having their cake and eating it too if they could get eight felony convictions but then also get cooperation to make the charges go away? >> you bet. they absolutely want his cooperation. as long as it is truthful. we always think of plea deals, plea agreements where both sides document some understanding and both sides get something out of it. it is also the case that mr. manafort could simply walk into court and plead guilty. straight up as we call it to all the charges and the prosecutors