earlier today, we also found out that trump may be willing to take drastic steps to pardon paul manafort. trump is continuing to raise the possibility of a pardon and has been, quote, clashing with this man, white house counsel don mcgahn who is strongly against pardoning manafort. trump is considering bringing in a new lawyer to draft a manafort pardon if mcgahn won t do it. he really at this point doesn t care, a former official said. he would rather fight the battle. he doesn t want to do anything that would cede executive authority. all this draws closer. mueller has until this wednesday to inform the judge of that decision if mueller follows through on a second attempt to obtain guilty pleas on those counts, he could add to the already immense pressure on manafort by extending his potential prison sentence and inflating his legal bills. all right.
almost ought to be illegal. almost ought to be illegal. earlier today, we also found out that trump may be willing to take drastic steps to pardon paul manafort. trump is continuing to raise the possibility of a pardon and has been, quote, clashing with this man, white house counsel don mcgahn who is strongly against pardoning manafort. trump is considering bringing in a new lawyer to draft a manafort pardon if mcgahn won t do it. he really at this point doesn t care, a former official said. he would rather fight the battle. he doesn t want to do anything that would cede executive authority. all this draws closer. mueller has until this wednesday to inform the judge of that decision if mueller follows through on a second attempt to