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Think we have to be concerned with the prospect you mentioned which is the president might choose to obstruct justice and try to take away any incentive that manafort has to cooperate by pardoning him. and if he were to do that, then in terms of this cooperation agreement and all the rest of that, that really goes away. the case goes away. there is no repercussion for lack of cooperation if manafort gets pardoned. so i don't think we're beyond that possibility. >> if the president did issue that kind of a pardon for mr. manafort, i think about the politics of this, and i think about accountabi...

Which is the president might choose to obstruct justice and try to take away any incentive that manafort has to cooperate by pardoning him. and if he were to do that, then in terms of this cooperation agreement and all the rest of that, that really goes away. the case goes away. there is no repercussion for lack of cooperation if manafort gets pardoned. so i don't think we're beyond that possibility. >> the president did issue that kind of a pardon for mr. manafort, i think about the politics of this, and i think about accountability for the president. i think about his susceptibility to impea...

Ten counts but his admissions can be introduced. it's basically the nail in the kof ip. -- coffin. he should have gotten the message how old and clear but if he has information pertinent to whether the president is obstructing justice, mueller is going to hear that. also we have to be concerned with the president might choose to obstruct justice and try to take away any incentive that manafort has to cooperate by pardoning him. if he were to do that, then in terms of this cooperation agreement and all the rest of that, that really goes away. the case goes away. there's no repercussion for a lo...

Be introduced. basically, its nail in the coffin. there won't be another hung jury on those ten counts. i think he ought to have gotten the message loud and clear. but also, if he has information pertinent to whether the president is obstructing justice, mueller is going to want to hear that, and also i think we have to be concerned with the prospect you mentioned which is the president might choose to obstruct justice and try to take away any incentive that manafort has to cooperate by pardoning him. and if he were to do that, then in terms of this cooperation agreement and all the rest of th...

Thinking about whether or not he wants to intervene to spring paul manafort by pardoning him. this first criminal trial in the eastern district of virginia had its last witnesses on the stand related to something having to do with the trump campaign and they had their last motions argued in court today related to something having to do with the trump campaign and the last batch of physical evidence the prosecution introduced in court was again about this one part of the manafort case in virginia that is related to the trump for president campaign. we knew at the outset of manafort's trial ther...