could make such an allegation, but it is incredibly unusual and i can understand why mueller's team would have been very angry to find out about this, and to the extent they found out manafort was lying to them, to sever all ties. >> barb, i have an overactive imagination and i read too many spy novels. so, when i read this story tonight, i immediately went to, like, the melodramatic explanation for this, which is, paul manafort faced two trials, one in virginia and one in washington, d.c., and the point at which he pled guilty was in between those two trials, so, he got creamed in the first trial. he got convicted of multiple felonies. he was to be start trial in the second jurisdiction. and in the spy movie, you know, political thriller version of this that runs in my head instantly, somebody from the white house or the white house directly comes to paul manafort and says paul, put up a good fight. we know you thought you'd do great here, but you're getting creamed and you're going to get killed in court, so, here's what you do. we know that you wanted to be a good soldier and not flip and you criticized rick gates when he flipped and all that, we know you're loyal. we know that's a very important