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Will you pardon paul manafort? >> i have nost even given it a thought as of this moment. it's not something that's right now on my mind. i do feel badly for paul manafort. >> right after the sentencing took place here in washington, d.c., the manhattan district attorney filed state charges against him which would seem to be a way to get around the effect of any pardon that might be done. >> i don't know anything about it. i haven't heard that. >> president trump right there caught off-guard as he realizes that state crimes are exempt from presidential pardons. 34 minutes after paul manafort fa...

And danny cevallos. barbara, let's start with you. how unusual was it for the state prosecutors to announce these charges less than an hour after manafort's federal sentencing? >> very unusual especially since they do seem to go to a lot of the same conduct that was already charged in the federal case. the timing, the duplication of the charges clearly suggests that this was something that was kept under wraps so the sentencing judges weren't aware of it until after it was filed and then filed i think as an insurance policy against a pardon to ensure that paul manafort is ultimately held accou...

Indictments the local d.a. might have? >> this is so strategic. we're seeing an example of the state government, the state prosecutor waiting until the outcome of the federal crime and it raises the question -- and i am a criminal defense attorney, maybe i'm biased and jaded in that way, did they wait to see that the sentence was something they were happy with, did they see if the sentence vindicated the state right's adequately and then decided based on the sentence that was given, maybe they thought it was too low, we don't know what went into that decision at this point. manafort's chief co...