original concerns related to russia that started the special counsel s investigation in the first place. after initial reports last week stoked in part by the president himself that he might be considering a pardon for paul manafort, following his conviction in virginia, tonight gabriel sherman reports at vanity fair .com that the president is so committed to the idea of pardoning paul manafort now that he is willing to do it even over the objections of his white house counsel don mcigan. the president has said he is considering bringing in a new lawyer to draft a manafort pardon if mcgahn won t do it. in that context tonight, the wall street journal reports that he was trying to do a deal. manafort who would not flip. manafort, the guy going all the way to trial of not once but twice, the one guy implicated in the trump/russia scandal who absolutely would not do a deal with prosecutors and was praised by the president for that, manafort has apparently trying
vanity fair .com that the president is so committed to the idea of pardoning paul manafort now that he is willing to do it even over the objections of his white house counsel don mcigan. the president has said he is considering bringing in a new lawyer to draft a manafort pardon if mcgahn won t do it. in that context tonight, the wall street journal reports that he was trying to do a deal. manafort who would not flip. manafort, the guy going all the way to trial of not once but twice, the one guy implicated in the trump/russia scandal who absolutely would not do a deal with prosecutors and was praised by the president for that, manafort has apparently trying to do a deal with prosecutors. according to the reporter at the wall street journal, manafort s defense team started conversations with mueller s prosecutors about a potential plea deal while the virginia jury was deliberating over manafort s fate in his first trial. quote, paul manafort s defense team held talks with prosecut