before the potential jurors show up on monday before jury selection, is this when people typically plead? i don't know the pulse of these things. i don't know the rhythm of which these things usually happen. is this a typical time for somebody to start pleading? also, big picture, how likely is this reporting to be true? at this stage in the game, are prosecutors really likely to be trying to convince paul manafort to cooperate with them against the president, this late in the game? if it is true, how would they be trying to convince him? for example, we know that mueller's team right now, mueller's prosecutors are weighing the option of retrying paul manafort again on those ten felonies where the jury wasn't able to reach a verdict in virginia. would their decision whether or not to retry him be part of what they put up in the negotiations? also, would it affect his sentencing from the first trial.