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Crimes unrelated to mr. manafort's work on the 2016 campaign. the special counsel's strategy in bringing charges against mr. manafort had nothing to do with the special counsel's core mandate, russian collusion, was to compel him to cooperate and provide incriminating evidence. this is not the first time that he has made this argument. his team has made this argument. they have been persistent with this saying this to two judges. neither judge bought this. >> we had jerry connolly on. he said this is fishing for a pardon. >> it's possible. he is speaking to an audience of one. audience of one ...