Telling the truth. He has no Shadow Hanging over him. The uncertainty is gone. He has stepped up to the line and he has admitted what he did wrong, but he is now liberated to tell the truth. Everything about donald trump that he knows. From this point on youre going to see liberated Michael Cohen speaking truth to power. And we will hear a lot more from cohens lawyer who you just saw there, he is going to be joining morning joe later this morning. After four days of deliberations the jury in the fraud trial of Paul Manafort found President Trumps former Campaign Chairman guilty on eight of the counts against him. The jury has unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the other ten counts manafort faced. His trial marked a critical first stage for Robert Muellers investigation. Pete williams has more. Reporter the jury found Paul Manafort guilty of intentionally dodging taxes on millions of dollars that he earned as a
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hung jury on all counts, however, he would like to thank judge ellis for granting him a fair trial, thank the jury for their very long and hard fought deliberations. he is evaluating all of his options at this point. now, manafort faces the possibility of seven to nine years in prison. prosecutors have until next wednesday to decide what they will do about the ten mistrial charges. manafort also faces another trial on related charges next month in washington, d.c. special counsel robert mueller has asked to postpone the sentencing hearing for president trump s former national security adviser michael flynn. the joint filing yesterday by mueller s team and flynn s defense both parties asked for the sentencing timeline to be pushed back to september 17th. the court had asked for an update by this friday. the special counsel s office writing, quote, due to the status of the investigation the special counsel s office does not believe that this matter is ready to be scheduled for a sent