of events especially in a case like this. and not one mueller would have wanted. i mean, mueller gets forced into it because manafort refuses to give the full account. his case gets hurt somewhat as well. but it's an extraordinary turn of events. as ron says either incredibly irrational or a pardon in hand, which would be problematic for a welter of reasons. >> harry, can we see anything in this development that tells us anything about how the new acti acting attorney general matthew whitaker might be handling this case? >> the short answer is no. i think this so far has been just mueller. to manafort, my best guess even whitaker hasn't had any involvement at all. but in any event whitaker is in no position to second guess mueller when he says we have a