the key question would be as part of such a plea deal and presumably a guilty plea deal would result in a reduced prison sentence, would he be forced to cooperate with the special counsel robert mueller and the overall russia investigation? that s the big question we cannot answer. no plea has been entered. there s been no filing from the federal prosecutors here. the mueller team has not filed anything in court to indicate what the terms of this agreement or the outlines of this agreement would be. that s been a sticki ining poii this negotiation that s been going on for some time. up with of the things that paul manafort was trying to do was not cooperate with the mueller team to plead guilty and have the charges be resolved. also, not do anything that could harm or implicate the president. that s one of the things they were trying the avoid. the mueller team wants would