mueller s office about a possible plea deal. you know this comes as the jury selection for manafort s second trial was delayed till friday. this could be a huge development. what do you think of this? let me refresh your recollection because i m sure you will remember that during the jury deliberations over in virginia, manafort s lawyers talked to the special counsel s office then about arranging a plea deal. and those broke off. so this is really a resumption of talks that have broken down. i think manafort s probably in financial trouble and trying to cut his costs. let s talk about how you read there because the president praised manafort, remember, for standing up to mueller. i do. there s been a lot of reporting is manafort might be hoping for a pardon from the president. how do you read this move here? i read it as he s trying probably to be negotiate a lighter sentence or a lighter crime if he agrees to plea and
so let s talk about this new report tonight. the washington post is reporting that former trump campaign chairman paul manafort is in talks with mueller s office about a possible plea deal. you know, this comes as jury selection for manafort s second trial was delayed until friday. this could be a huge development. what do you think of this? well, let me refresh your recollection because i m sure you will remember that during the jury deliberations over in virginia, manafort s lawyers talked to the special counsel s office then about arranging a plea deal. and those broke off, so this is really a resumption of talks that have broken down. and i think manafort s probably in financial trouble and trying to cut his costs. let s talk about how you read this because the president praised manafort, remember, for standing up to mueller. there s been a lot of reporting that manafort might be hoping for a pardon from the president. so how do you read this move
be a code breaker to make sense of the president s constant tweets about manafort, his comments he wouldn t comment about john mccain passing away, but he ll always comment about what a great man paul manafort is who doesn t break and doesn t flip. at the same time paul manafort s lawyers took every opportunity to thank the president for his support. it almost seems like we re watching a coded organization or some code between the two groups about not breaking and pardoning. that comes just hours after the astonishing split screen where manafort pleaded guilty. in fact, he steadfastly praised manafort. he said he feels like this is a warning shot from mueller, that even though this trial didn t have anything to do with russia, the special counsel is sort of flexing its muscles and sending
ought to be ready to deal with a washington jury. jonathan, one doesn t have to be a code breaker to make sense of the president s constant tweets about manafort, his comments he wouldn t comment about john mccain passing away, but he ll always comment about what a great man paul manafort is who doesn t break and doesn t flip. at the same time paul manafort s lawyers took every opportunity to thank the president for his support. it almost seems like we re watching a coded organization or some code between the two groups about not breaking and pardoning. that comes just hours after the astonishing split screen where manafort pleaded guilty. in fact, he steadfastly praised manafort. he said he feels like this is a warning shot from mueller, that even though this trial didn t have anything to do with russia, the special counsel is sort of
about john mccain passing away, but he ll always comment about what a great man paul manafort is who doesn t break and doesn t flip. at the same time paul manafort s lawyers took every opportunity to thank the president for his support. it almost seems like we re watching a coded organization or some code between the two groups about not breaking and pardoning. that comes just hours after the astonishing split screen where manafort pleaded guilty. in fact, he steadfastly praised manafort. he said he feels like this is a warning shot from mueller, that even though this trial didn t have anything to do with russia, the special counsel is sort of flexing its muscles and sending a message to the president saying, hey, this could be the opening act, and trump worries that a real member of his inner circle could be next.