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Will tell you i think it's grounds for an obstruction count, because all of his tweets, all of his statements to don mcgahn that he wants him to fire him, all of his statements to fox news and certainly what we received from the "washington post" tonight. all of that is evidence of a possible obstruction count. it's not that different from, let's say, pardoning manafort is evidence of an obstruction count. >> according to the "washington post," his attorneys rudy giuliani and jay sekulow advised him that it could be interpreted as such an action to obstruct justice and thwart the investigation...

Earlier today, we also found out that trump may be willing to take drastic steps to pardon paul manafort. trump is continuing to raise the possibility of a pardon and has been, quote, clashing with this man, white house counsel don mcgahn who is strongly against pardoning manafort. trump is considering bringing in a new lawyer to draft a manafort pardon if mcgahn won't do it. he really at this point doesn't care, a former official said. he would rather fight the battle. he doesn't want to do anything that would cede executive authority. all this draws closer. mueller has until this wednesday t...

Charges that didn't stick? >> well, the one thing you can say for certain is that manafort is going to go on trial again in just a couple of weeks, september 17th he'll go on trial in the district of columbia on very similar charges to the ones in virginia. they're charged in a different way and the conduct is different than they're charging. they're saying he failed to register as a foreign lobbyist during all the time he was doing that work for ukraine. he should have, the government says, because he was actually lobbying in the u.s. on behalf of victori session yanakovich ad his government....

Example, stephen miller was pushing for a pardon for arpaio or in other instances a lot of trump's allies pushing for the scooter libby pardon such as joe digenova and almost joined his legal team, of course. one consideration. another, that the stakes are higher if the president were to pardon manafort for himself. legally. manafort, of course, is directly implicated in the investigation into trump's own campaign. he has exposure there. of course, the final thing is that pardoning manafort may be useless, because he may still be vulnerable to being prosecuted on a state level. there are a ton...

Should have been. >> reporter: and then there's paul manafort. >> i have great respect for what he has done in terms of what he has gone through. >> reporter: winning praise from the president for not cooperating with prosecutors. >> it is called flipping and it ought to be illegal. >> reporter: the feds often make their case with star witnesses that turn on their bosses. the president's lawyer tells "the washington post", trump tower asked about the possibility of pardoning manafort several weeks ago but his legal team told him he should wait until all of the investigations are over. given ma...