representing other clients that mr. manafort, quote, has no info on president or campaign. we should be crystal clear here. no one has any idea what john dowd is basing that on. earlier on this network harvard law professor who while not working for trump has been accused of being a cable news water carrier for the president of late says the white house should be alarmed about the manafort plea deal and adds that any possibility of a pardon now seems remote. >> he would have been much better off pardoning early rather than waiting. i don't think we will see any kind of a pardon at this point. >> as to what manafort can offer mueller at all. let's remember he was present at the trump tower meeting with the visiting russians. having done business in that part of the world for years and worked for a number of pow r er