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Year. saying quote i wouldn't take it off the table. why would i take it off the table? and yet he can only pardon federal crimes and not state offenses. quote new york state prosecutors have put together a criminal case against paul manafort that they could file quickly if the chairman receive as presidential pardon. joined by former federal prosecutor, tim waily. an investigative report with nbc news. tom, let me start with you. as i say we're waiting on the filing here. take us through what you're going to be looking for what we might possibly be learning the next couple of minutes. >> what...

Lied about contacts with kilminik. and saying quote this is a problematic attempt to shield his russian conspirator from liability and gives rise to legitimate questions about where his loyalties lie, specifically manafort lied about sharing internal campaign polling data and discussing a so-called peace plan that would benefit russia. as mueller's prosecutor told mueller quote this goes to the heart of what the special counsel's office is investigating. all of this begs the question why would manafort risk spending the rest of his life in jail to keep those discussions secret? they've floated...

Or was he a conduit in some sort of relationship here? >> it looks suspicious. those dots are all over. you look in particular at an august 2016 meeting that manafort had a dinner meeting with kilminik. they left by separate entrances. this is where they discussed ukrain deal russia very much wanted to get out of the ukrain mess. it was where manafort may have handed over this polling data. which goes to the heart of the concerns about russian manipulation and the election. and what happened after and whether there was discussion of a pardon, which is maybe why manafort has been double dealing...