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Hold. >> it is riding the proverbial bull. maya, let's talk about the pardon. now 24 hours -- not the pardon, i'm sorry. the sentence. for paul manafort. now 24 hours old. the president was asked about pardoning manafort earlier today. here's what he said. >> i don't even discuss it. the only one discussing it is you. i haven't discussed it. >> the irony, of course, of that, maya, is that the president tweeted this morning that he had discussed a pardon with michael cohen and michael cohen had ask him specifically about this. where do you -- where do you stand on what paul manafort is thinking...

The businesses that he thinks can support him for his reelection. and the deals are with the extreme right wing religious groups that vice president pence brings in and we know they'll do anything they can to stifle women's right to choose but other than that, hard to think of a public agenda other than selling everything off to the highest bidder. >> they have communicated certain redlines before, which is firing mueller. i wonder if pardoning manafort would be such a red line and are you confident that has been communicated to him. >> i hope somebody has told him the founders of the constitu...

President and the manafort team. >> kristen welker, the president was asked about pardoning manafort because he had spoken so sympathetically about him. a this is what he had to say today as heha left the white house. >> i don't even discuss it. the only one discussing it is you. i haven't discussed it. >> that's what he said to the press. but he certainly seems to be holding that out as something that i think you've probably talked to rudy giuliani and the other lawyers about. >> i e have, andrea. overnight rudy giuliani told me the president isn't ruling it in or out but he's not considering...

Pardon from the president? >> whatever they are trying to do, i'm sure that when manafort puts forth the argument this is some sort of a witch hunt and that there's no collusion, that certainly catches the president's attention. the thing is for manafort, he will get sentenced. if somehow the president pardons him because the president thinks that a pardoning manafort will be good for the president because as i have said many times, the president cares about protecting himself and money. if he thought it would do him good to do a pardon, he will do that. let's not forget the attorney -- the at...

All eyes on the testimony on wednesday. over the weekend we saw the sentencing memo for paul manafort, another person ensnared in the special counsel's investigation in the president's inner circle. and it was scathing. it essentially didn't weigh in on what he should be sentenced with, but it said basically no holds barred because he acted in such an illegal and brazen way. don junior weighed in on this. i want you to listen and get your reaction on the other side. >> they put incredible pressure on regular guys that couldn't afford million dollars in legal fees and got them to slip up and sa...