post, robert mueller s real quest, here is for the truth. how paul manafort s plea brings it closer to its end game. details why paul manafort may be the light at the end of the tunnel. joining me now is criminal defense attorney ashley merchant. good morning. good morning. what information can manafort offer the special counsel and what exactly is the end game here? manafort can give a lot of information to robert mueller. i mean, he can really link together all the pieces because he was the campaign manager. he knows everything. he knows who was at the meetings, he knows who had knowledge of dealings with russia, dealings with the ukraine. he could put jared kushner at that meeting with the russians. he could put trump jr. at that meeting with the russians. he could also link the president to knowledge of what was happening with russia and efforts to collude to affect the election. he is a very vital, very vital piece in this investigation.