manafort was indicted. why was he reaching out to members telephone administration, and is it possible, for instance, that maybe he was seeking a pardon. the documents don't say that, but obviously that's been a question on the top of everyone's minds as they wonder what manafort could have talked to the administration about. >> let's talk about barr today. he was pretty plainspoken. did the guy we saw today match up with what he wrote in that controversial unsolicited memo to trump's lawyers? >> i think people were more surprised going into these hearings by the controversial memo. i think people who have worked with william barr in the past, people who have known him over the years expected him to be the kind of plainspoken family guy, sort of career guy that you saw in this hearing today. i don't think that they expected this would be a person who was going to be eviscerating the idea that mueller could bring obstruction of justice, an obstruction of justice investigation and then sharing that administration with the president's legal team. that memo really shocked a lot of people going into these hearing. i think what we saw was william