he is 69 years old. he has a family to worry about. he s had so much financially taken away from him already. i think he s concerned about what happens to his family, if he does go to jail after his first trial. and then i think if you are anybody, not just paul manafort, and you are hanging your future on a decision that president trump is going to make, that s probably a bad strategy because trump is so unpredictable. and certainly he was signalling in some of his rhetoric after the first trial that if manafort did hang, if he didn t make a plea deal, that he could get a pardon but trump again is so unpredictable. i think if that is your strategy to go through a second trial and hope far pardon, i think he was probably getting some pretty strong advice to think otherwise. chris: he apparently took that advice. we have to take a break here. we will see you all a little later. up next a bitter confirmation battle over supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh takes a new turn involving an
he is 69 years old. he has a family to worry about. he s had so much financially taken away from him already. i think he s concerned about what happens to his family, if he does go to jail after his first trial. and then i think if you are anybody, not just paul manafort, and you are hanging your future on a decision that president trump is going to make, that s probably a bad strategy because trump is so unpredictable. and certainly he was signalling in some of his rhetoric after the first trial that if manafort did hang, if he didn t make a plea deal, that he could get a pardon but trump again is so unpredictable. i think if that is your strategy to go through a second trial and hope far pardon, i think he was probably getting some pretty strong advice to think otherwise. chris: he apparently took that advice. we have to take a break here. we will see you all a little later. up next a bitter confirmation battle over supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh takes a new turn involving an