manafort would strike a plea deal with robert mueller and his team only to break it and lie to the special counsel s team and the fbi as alleged by robert mueller and his team? reporter: there are a lot of theorys, of course, one of them is he forgot. a memory issue. i think that s the least credible. i think there also is this looming concern that there is a pardon waiting for him in the white house when this is all over. i hope that s not true. pardons in this circumstance would certainly raise serious questions about whether this president or any president is above the law in the united states. do you believe a pardon by manafort by the president would be an ad mission of guilt by the president considering manafort s role in the campaign? yes, i would. that s a serious charge. the white house, by the way today said at least sarah sanders said she doesn t think there is any considerations of pardons right now. she was specific on. that how concerned are you, that a potential