what we can say, even that in and of itself seems to suggest a president that for two years has been acting essentially to further russia s geopolitical priorities and not in the national interests. we still don t know what was discussed between president trump and president putin at that two-hour private meeting. i ll get you on the other side. i have to run. i m sorry. have a good weekend. hang on. i m getting conflicting information. do you want me to continue on? okay. april, it s now the president. this isn t flynn, this isn t manafort, this is the president
havely prosecuted. also directly playing into what trump is saying, which is poor manafort. he s being targeted because he worked for me. that s all a big set-up for he can pardon him. it goes to this question of why isn t manafort pleading guilty? one possibility is that manafort couldn t plead guilty because if you plead guilty it would be harder for trump to give him a pardon. that s interesting. looks like he might be interesting. he is this poor, persecuted guy. it is interesting to see there have been discussions about that. i don t know how that will play into the pardon talk. the washington post is reporting about the second trial. it says it is set for september in august and expected to last three weeks and on the basis of a list of 1,500 possible exhibits will delve far more deeply into how he operated as a lobbyist and consultant than was done in the just completed trial in virginia. the time line and exhibits were included in a joint filing on friday night by manafor
trump is saying, which is poor manafort. he s being targeted because he worked for me. that s all a big set-up for he can pardon him. it goes to this question of why isn t manafort pleading guilty? one possibility is that manafort couldn t plead guilty because ia you plead guilty it would be dn harder for trump to give him a pardon. that s interesting. looks like he might be interesting. he is this poor, persecuted
answered but it wasn t central to the russia thing. i always assumed what trump was afraid of he had something to flynn and fnn could be flipped on that, and flynn would testify ainst the president that he had some conversation with flynn in terms of dealing with the russians affirmatively. and if that s not the case, where s the there there. if it isn t manafort because he wants to throw him under the bus where is the concern that trump has that has put him on defense for these months. kelly o donnell over at the white house, the president shortly before noon, before that, he was reportedly sitting and watching the coverage. well, we don t have a straight answer on that, brian, we had what we call a gaggle which is a journalism form of art for an off-camera briefing with sarah huckabee sanders while sean spicer traveled with the president to the speech.