assaulter has now given his opinion in a sexual assault case. and his opinion is that whatever brett kavanaugh did to christine ford, it just wasn t that bad. wasn t as bad as she says. presidents are not supposed to comment on criminal investigations, but donald trump has done that many times. presidents are not supposed to comment on ongoing criminal cases, but donald trump has done that many times. presidents are not posed spooto comment on a criminal trial, but he did that. he tried to influence the manafort jury because he had every right to believe there were trump voters on the manafort jury, and he was right. but the one manafort juror who we heard from was a trump voter, and she took her oath as a juror very seriously. and she voted guilty on every single count against paul manafort. republican united states senators do not take their oaths as seriously as paul manafort s
involve manafort i think it will, but there s a narrow window there where the president can still say, this is stuff unrelated to the campaign. this is stuff unrelated to collusion. i m not pardoning for personal gain or self-preservation. i m pardoning because paul manafort s been treated unfairly and has two trials, et cetera, et cetera. of course, paul manafort chose two trials. not the government. you can see how this can kind of play out a little. in the second trial in d.c., i can tell you. the first trial was in virginia. in the second trial i promise you there ain t going to be too many trump supporters on the jury pool. natasha. final point, the juror that s going around and making the news, the cable news rounds this week, who did serve on the manafort jury paula duncan, is arguably, like, a huge trump supporter and she said she stands by the president, knows this is unrelated to the mueller investigation but manafort is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
president trump, as he feels fewer and fewer options. and as his spin about these very damaging facts becomes more and more unbelievable. he s asking us, essentially, to believe that a crime is not a crime, because he says that it isn t. and even, i think, very pro-trump people may find that hard to swallow. there was just the manafort hold juror was apparently a lone woman. but the woman who came out and spoke for the manafort jury was a very pro-trump voter who said nonetheless she was persuaded by the evidence. i think that s got to be troubling for donald trump. that s such a great point. in fact, we just had josh dawsey on before you, susan, who had interviewed a republican donor who said, how can you spin a fact? that s what they re grappling with this morning. how are they going to spin this fact set. susan glasser, thank you very much for sharing your reporting with us. jeffrey toobin, always a pleasure. there s more and more sound coming out from the president this morning
was president trump dodging a question. the president s lawyer told the washington post trump discussed the possibility of paul manafort several weeks ago. counselled against the idea of pardoning. anyone linked to the investigation of the russia interference. should wait until special counsel robert mueller has concluded probe. giuliani added the president agreed and did not push the issue further. joined by a white house reporter for the la times. thank you in this. let s get in and talk about the fact what we know about the manafort jury 67. i heard her on fox last night. seemed like a reasonable juror you like to have on a jury to get to truth.
favorable things i think in it hopes that paul manafort will continue to stand strong. i don t think he ll pardon him now, i think he ll wait until later when perhaps the dust has settled a little bit. to do it now i think does scream of potential obstruction of justice. if he does it for a corrupt purpose. a pardon is supposed to be given as a sign of mercy and forgiveness that you have atoned for your crimes and gotten on with your life. to do it at this point really would suggest that he is just trying to prevent paul manafort from cooperating against him. and of course it would not protect the president against manafort being forced to testify to a grand jury because he could no longer take the fifth amendment against self-incrimination. let me also play for you what one of the jurors, one juror has so far spoken out about what was hanging them up in that manafort jury. and as someone, barbara, who was in the courtroom for so many days, this must be fascinating to watch. take a l