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First, he was asked by reporters if he considered pardoning manafort. he said he wouldn't talk about it but he did defend him. listen to this. >> i think the whole manafort trial is very sad when you look at what is going on. i think it's a very sad day for our country. he worked for me for a very short period of time, but you know what? he happens to be a very good person, and i think it's very sad what they've done to paul manafort. >> reporter: while the president was making those remarks, manafort was sitting inside a small jail cell inside the courtroom with no tv, no reading material, bu...

Manafort case says he fears for his safety and the safety of the jury. and raining over his parade. the president loses a fight for a grand military parade, but is somehow still declaring victory. this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. good evening, i'm katy tur in new york in for chuck todd. welcome to "mtp daily. " we begin tonight with russia because the president today is not backing down after retaliating against a whole range of officials tied to the russia investigation by revoking or threatening to revoke their security clearances. while speaking to reporters at the white hou...

Didn't. >> i know that you don't get into the politics of this all but if they do come back with a kwitle -- acquittal, what will that do? >> that investigation is is predicated on facts and law and those don't change my virtue of an acquittal. it matters a lot that the prosecutors win their first public trial. i'm sure they're feeling the pressure. i'm sure that they want to bring home what they believe is a just and guilty verdict. but facts and law don't change. >> the president today said he wouldn't talk about pardoning manafort. but he did make a point of calling him a good guy and said ...

Possibly. it's clear to everybody involved that the president has that authority. >> if you're his defense lawyer, manafort's defense lawyer, and you're hearing that, are you thinking, hey, this could be something we can hold out hope for? >> sure, you always hold out hope, i gather. i'm sure they're also holding out hope for an acquittal. on that point, please remember i think it's important for your viewers to know, to be acquitted in a federal trial, the jury has to be unanimous, 12-0, just like they have to be yunanimous to convict. running the table to get acquitted on 18 counts seems unl...

At this trial and looking for any hints. the fact that a couple of bench discussions were sealed, i think there are folks out there or there are folks out there looking at that and saying that's because maybe gates' testimony pertains to the investigation going forward and are wondering how this trial might tie into everything else. >> so the case itself, the things with which manafort is charged don't seem to be at the heart of the russia interference investigation. but i think this is an important but, katy. what does manafort know based on his time in the trump campaign and in the trump orb...