tonight that former trump campaign chairman paul manafort is in talks with the special counsel s office about a possible plea deal, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions. the post reports it this way, quote, the people, who spoke on the condition of an anymoonymito describe the conversations, cautioned that the negotiations may not result in a deal with special counsel robert mueller, who is prosecuting manafort for alleged money laundering and lobbying investigations. but the discussions indicate a possible shift in strategy for manafort who early this year chose to go to west virginia only to be convicted last month in alexandria. the specifics of manafort s current negotiations with prosecutors were unclear,
counsel s office about a possible plea deal, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions. the post reports it this way, quote, the people, who spoke on the condition of an anonymity to describe the conversations, cautioned that the negotiations may not result in a deal with special counsel robert mueller, who is prosecuting manafort for alleged money laundering and lobbying investigations. but the discussions indicate a possible shift in strategy for manafort who early this year chose to go to west virginia only to be convicted last month in alexandria. the specifics of manafort s current negotiations with prosecutors were unclear, including whether he would provide any information about the president. president trump attacked manafort on twitter. meanwhile, bob woodward is talking about his new book even