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>> does it make sense that paul manafort would be negotiating with prosecutors for a plea deal now at this point in his legal saga just as the jury is about to be selected starting on monday in that court? >> yes. i've been listening to your questions. i say yes to all. i think the is precisely the moment when they want to work out a guilty plea. they had the first trial, which was an opportunity for paul manafort to make the government show its cards, see how a jury reacts. and now knowing he was convicted and faces another one, on much of the same evidence, this is a moment when i think he p...

Zroi district of michigan. thanks for being here tonight. >> great to be with you. >> does it make sense that paul manafort would be negotiating with prosecutors for a plea deal now at this point in his legal saga just as the jury is about to be selected starting on monday in that court? >> yes. i've been listening to your questions. i say yes to all. i think the is precisely the moment when they want to work out a guilty plea. they had the first trial, which was an opportunity for paul manafort to make the government show its cards, see how a jury reacts. and now knowing he was convicted and ...

and figures involved in this that people have not heard. the manafort piece is really interesting, because of the potential for cooperation with other people involved. and because, you know, obviously, manafort was the chairman of the campaign, that the trump administration has taken pains to distance itself from it. but the more that this evolves, the more questions are released about it, especially if you have the cooperation element. >> yeah, and one of the key parlor games has been, how will this impact john, the 2018 elections. now we know that paul manafort is set to go to trial in se...

Bomber richard reid. paul callan we talked about this extensively. this attorney is a heavy hitter, she has experience in this field in terms of defending someone like this. question to you, possible strategy. what do you think it is? >> well, it's two things. it's going to be cooperation and mitigation. i say that because her primary objective is to try to avoid the death penalty for the suspect, and to do that, she really has to give federal authorities something and possibly he'll come forward and provide information that will be valuable in discovering other terrorist networks or how the e...