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>> a lot of people assuming it's a probability. the reality, we saw today, p papadopoulos, low-level staffer. pay no attention. paul manafort was chair of the campaign. what we know, seeing both sides, really it's been methodical the way they're going through this and shouldn't expect to see an ending in the next few weeks. >> a secret, one of the defendants brought in a public defender. being caught off guard. you wouldn't bring in a public defender if you knew an arrest was coming down the pike. >> and finally you hear, it is the white house's reaction, first of all, trying to say this isn't...

We know from his time as a fib director, he doesn't like a meandering investigation. he's not on a time line. as to whether the president is going to pardon somebody, that's outside of my area. if he wants to pardon people, he can pardon people. >> what is the check on a pardon? is there anyone that can stop this president no matter what he thinks, he looks like he's about to flip, can he say at the last minute, i'm going to pardon him? >> there's certainly speculation that that is a strategy to not cooperate, they think they're going to get a pardon. article 2 is not a blank check for lawless...

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Almost ought to be illegal. >> almost ought to be illegal. 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...