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Team were in brief discussions with the special counsel, with robert mueller and his team about a possible plea deal to avoid a second trial. not a lot is known of exactly what the prosecutors, the special counsel was looking for. it appears at the very least that this was not some kind of a flip deal. this wasn't to gain his cooperation or anything like that. it was simply, it appears, at this point, that it was to sort of avoid a second trial. of course, as we know, manafort had been convicted, facing a substantial amount of time in jail, perhaps the rest of his life. really, a second trial ...
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