Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180828:06:10:00
Like someone who has the ability to go in and engage in sort of the full cooperation that prosecutors would demand to complete a cooperation agreement. so what would manafort have that he could offer? prosecutors who just finished trying a case in the eastern district of virginia now have to gear up and go to trial again in washington. that's a considerable expenditure of time and resources, especially if they have the intention to work on additional cases. so if manafort were to offer to plead guilty, it would, for prosecutors, be an efficiency gain. he could probably seek from them a lenienc...