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 manafort s defense and prosecutors with special counsel robert s. mueller, iii. this trial, for those of us who are not lawyers, that he could plead guilty, he could cooperate or he could do neither and go on with this trial. but legal watchers i have talked to have said this is a tighter case and possibly a better case for the government than the first trial. yeah. and the government also i think is coming in with a lot of momentum after the eight convictions it obtained