SPECTRUM. WE WILL CONTINUE ON WATCH THEM
SCREW THIS UP.
WE’LL HAVE MORE ON BOTH THESE
STORIES TONIGHT.
STORIES TONIGHT. WE’RE IN OUR USUAL GROOVE OF
EXPECTING MORE BREAKING AND
DEVELOPING NEWS OVER THE
EVENING.
EVENING. THAT’S IN PART BECAUSE OF A BIG
STORY THAT WAS BROKEN LATE
TONIGHT BY THE "WALL STREET
JOURNAL."
JOURNAL." THIS STORY THE "WALL STREET
JOURNAL" HAS BROKEN TONIGHT IS
SOMETHING THE LEGAL EXPERTS HAVE
BEEN TELLING US, WE SHOULD HAVE
EXPECTED IT.
EXPECTED IT. MAYBE THAT’S TRUE.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE GUESSED
THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING BEHIND
THE SCENES.
THE SCENES. IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE IT.
FOR THOSE OF US WATCHING THIS
PRESIDENCY OF LATE, AND WATCHING
THE SCANDAL THAT ENVELOPES THIS
PRESIDENCY, MORE AND MORE ON A
DAILY BASIS.
DAILY BASIS. THIS NEWS BROKEN BY THE "WALL
STREET JOURNAL," IT DOES FEEL
LIKE A SURPRISE.
YOU SEE THE HEADLINE THERE.
RIGHT TO THE HEART OF THE
MANNER.
MANNER. MANAFORT SOUGHT DEAL IN NEXT
TRIAL.
TRIAL. THAT MEANS TRUMP CAMPAIGN CHAIR
PAUL MANAFORT SOUGHT A DEAL WITH
ROBERT MUELLER.
ROBERT MUELLER. WITH THE PROSECUTORS AT THE
SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE WHO ARE
ABOUT TO PUT HOW MANY TRIAL FOR
ANOTHER ROUND OF FELONY CHARGES
IN FEDERAL COURT.
BUT QUOTE, TALKS BROKE DOWN.
TO UNDERSTAND WHY, AT LEAST TO
THE NONLAWYERS AMONG US, THIS IS
SUCH A JARRING HEADLINE.
JUST STAND BACK AND LOOK AT THE
LEGAL TROUBLE AND THE LEGAL
INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE CIRCLING
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS BUSINESS
AND HIS CHILDREN.
THE BIGGEST NEWS OF THE LAST
WEEK WAS THE PRESIDENT’S LONG
TIME LAWYER PLEADING GUILTY ON
EIGHT FELONY FEDERAL CHARGES.
AND HIS PLEA IN THE INFORMATION
FILED BY PROSECUTORS IN
QUESTION, HIS GUILTY PLEA,
MICHAEL COHEN NOT ONLY ADMITTED
HIMSELF TO COMMITTING EIGHT
FELONIES, HE IMPLICATED THE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF STAYING
PRESIDENT DIRECTED HIM TO COMMIT
THE CRIMES.
THE CRIMES. IT ALSO IMPLICATED, INCLUDING
TWO SPECIFIED EMPLOYEES,
EXECUTIVE ONE AND EXECUTIVE TWO
AT THE PRESIDENT’S BUSINESS.
HE ALSO IMPLICATED ANOTHER
BUSINESS CALLED AMERICAN MEDIA
WHICH IS THE PUBLISHER OF THE
NATIONAL"NATIONAL ENQUIRER"," HI
ALSO IMPLICATED PEOPLE FROM THE
PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN.
PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN. THE COURT APPEARANCE LAST WEEK
AND DOCUMENTS PROSECUTORS FILED
IN CONNECTION WITH THAT PLEA
THEREFORE APPEARED TO BE A SORT
OF ROAD MAP INDICATING OTHER
POTENTIAL INDICTMENTS IN THE
FUTURE, OR AT LEAST POINTING TO
OTHER CO-CONSPIRATORS IN THESE
FELONIES TO WHICH MICHAEL COHEN
PLED GUILTY WHICH RELATED TO HIM
MAKING ILLICIT PAYMENTS TO
INFLUENCE THE ELECTIONFUL WILL
THERE BE FURTHER PROSECUTIONS OF
THE PEOPLE IMPLICATED IN THE
PLEA DEAL?
PLEA DEAL? WE DON’T KNOW.
WILL THE ALLEGATIONS OF OTHER
CONSPIRATORS, WILL THAT LEAD TO
FURTHER INVESTIGATION WHICH MAY
LEAD TO OTHER CRIMINAL CASES?
WE DON’T KNOW.
BUT LATE LAST WEEK WE DID GET
WORD THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY MANY
NEW YORK IS CONSIDERING PURSUING
CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE
TRUMP ORGANIZATION.
TRUMP ORGANIZATION. WHICH IS THE PRESIDENT’S
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS. AND TWO SENIOR COMPANY OFFICIALS
IN QUESTION, THE CRIMINAL ACTS
TO WHICH COHEN PLED IN FEDERAL
COURT LAST WEEK.
THE NEWS ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY
BROKE THE NEW YORK STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS ALREADY
SOUGHT A CRIMINAL REFERRAL UNDER
STATE LAW FOR NEW YORK STATE TAX
CHARGES, IN ADDITION TO THE
FEDERAL TAX CHARGES THAT MICHAEL
COHEN HAS ALREADY PLED TO.
THAT STATE NEW YORK STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS ALREADY
BROUGHT CHARGES AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT’S FOUNDATION, THE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF AND THE
PRESIDENT’S THREE ELDEST
CHILDREN, DON JR., E-IVANKAA AND
ERIC.
ERIC. THEY HAVE ALREADY REFERRED THAT
CASE AGAINST THE TRUMP
FOUNDATION TO THE PUBLIC
INTEGRITY DIVISION AT THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, TO THE
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION AND
TO THE IRS FOR FEDERAL
PROSECUTION.
PROSECUTION. THE FEDERAL PROSECUTORS BROUGHT
A HUGE CIVIL TAX CASE AGAINST
IVANKA TRUMP’S BUSINESS PARTNER,
FROM WHAT USED TO BE HER LUXURY
JEWELRY BRAND.
JEWELRY BRAND. TRUMP ORGANIZATION EXECUTIVE
ALLEN WEISSELBERG IN THE CASE
RELATING TO MICHAEL COHEN IS
THAT THE NEW YORK STATE CASE
THAT RELATES TO THE TRUMP
FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION. REPORTS OF HIS POSSIBLE IMMUNITY
DEAL, AT THIS POINT THE REPORTS
ARE INTRIGUING AND A LITTLE HARD
TO SORT OUT.
IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT WE DON’T
YET KNOW HOW MUCH TRUMP
ORGANIZATIONALEN WEISSELBERG,
ORGANIZATIONALEN WEISSELBERG, HOW MUCH HE’S COOPERATING,
WHETHER HIS IMMUNITY DEAL FREES
HIM UP TO TALK WITH PROSECUTORS.
JUST SPECIFYINGLY TO MICHAEL
COHEN OR WHETHER HIS DEAL GIVES
HIM IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION ON
OTHER THINGS RELATED TO THE
PRESIDENT’S BUSINESS INTERESTS.
THAT’S ALL HAPPENING
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
SIMULTANEOUSLY. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ALL AT ONCE.
THAT’S NOT EVEN GETTING INTO THE
EMOLUMENT CASES WHICH COULD
RESULT WITH THE PRESIDENT’S TAX
RETURNS, IF HIS FAMILY, HIS
BUSINESS, IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING
TO WORRY THAT, PARTICULARLY WHEN
IT COMES TO FINANCIAL CRIMES.
TAX FRAUD, ILLICIT INTERACTIONS
WITH RUSSIA THAT RELATE
ULTIMATELY TO RUSSIA’S
INTERFERENCE IN THE ELECTION.
IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY
ABOUT IN ALL THOSE FRONTS, YOU
MIGHT IMAGINE THAT ALL OF THESE
RELATED ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS
MIGHT START TO FEEL A LITTLE
CONSTRAINING TO THE PRESIDENT.
THEY MIGHT START TO SEEM A
LITTLE WORRIED.
LITTLE WORRIED. THERE’S NO SHORTAGE OF LEGAL
JEOPARDY RIGHT NOW FOR THE
PRESIDENT, HIS FAMILY, FOR THE
PEOPLE AND ENTITIES THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO HIM.
AND HONESTLY, I MEAN, I DON’T
SAY IT LIGHTLY.
IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHERE THE
LIMITS OF LEGAL JEOPARDY MIGHT
BE.
BE. NOT JUST FOR THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS FAMILY BUT FOR THE ENTITIES
CLOSEST TO HIM.
I WOULD SINGLE OUT ONE LINE
HERE.
HERE. I DON’T THINK THIS HAS HAD A LOT
OF ATTENTION BUT IT STUCK WITH
ME OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE MORE I TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT
IT.
IT. SPECIALLY MORE I TALK ON PEOPLE
IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM ABOUT IT,
THE MORE IT STICKS OUT.
THERE IS LITERALLY A LINE IN THE
MICHAEL COHEN PLEA AGREEMENT
FROM LAST WEEK WHERE FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS SPELL POUT MICHAEL
COHEN PLEADING GUILTY IN FEDERAL
COURT MEANS FEDERAL PROSECUTORS
AGREE TO NOT FURTHER PROSECUTE
HIM.
HIM. BUT THEY EXPLICITLY SPELL OUT
THAT THEY ARE RESERVING THE
RIGHT TO CITE THOSE SAME
FELONIES AS CRIMES IN CASE THEY
EVER WANT TO BRING A RICO.
18 USC 1961.
THAT’S RACKETEERING.
THAT’S RACKETEERING. THAT’S RICO AS IN ORGANIZED
CRIME.
CRIME. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE
RESERVING THE RIGHT TO CHARGE
SOMETHING AS AN ORGANIZED
CRIMINAL ENTITY UNDER THE RICO
STATUTES AND THAT RELATES TO
MICHAEL COHEN.
MICHAEL COHEN. WHAT?
WHAT? THAT HOW SOON IS PROBABLY ENOUGH
TO LIGHT A LITTLE FIRE UNDER
SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES THEY MIGHT
END UP IN THE CROSS HAIRS OF ONE
OR MORE OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS.
BUT AMONG ALL OF THESE FOR THE
PRESIDENT’S BUSINESS AND EVEN
HIS CHARITY, EVEN AMID ALL OF
THAT, THE PAUL MANAFORT CASE
REALLY DOES STAND OUT.
IT REALLY DOES STAND ALONE.
MICHAEL FLYNN, THE PRESIDENT’S
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER PLED
GUILTY.
GUILTY. RICK GATES, THE DEPUTY CAMPAIGN
CHAIR, ORGANIZER OF THE NAUKS,
PLED GUILT YIFLT GEORGE DPAPS,
PLED GUILT YIFLT PAUL MANAFORT
HAS NOT PLED GUILTY.
HE STANDS ALONE HERE.
THINGS ARE HAPPENING TO HIM
FAST.
FAST. OF COURSE THE SAME THING THAT HE
PLED GUILTY IN COURT, ALMOST
EXACTLY SIMULTANEOUSLY, PAUL
MANAFORT WAS CONVICTED.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW,
WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK, THE
PROSECUTORS WHO CONVICTED
MANAFORT ON THOSE EIGHT
FELONIES, THEY’LL HAVE TO TELL
THE COURT WHETHER THEY ARE GOING
TO BRING MANAFORT BACK TO COURT
TO RETRY HIM ON THE TEN FELONY
CHARGES FOR WHICH THE JURY WAS
NOT ABLE TO REACH A VERDICT.
REMEMBER, IT WAS EIGHT FELONIES,
CONVICTION, EIGHT FELONIES, HUNG
JURY.
JURY. COULDN’T COME TO CONSENSUS.
THE FOREPERSON OF THE JURY WENT
OUT OF HIS OR HER WAY TO MAKE IT
PUBLICLY KNOWN ON THE VERDICT
SHEET ORGANIZATION THOSE TEN
CHARGES WHERE THEY COULDN’T COME
THE A VERDICT, 11 OF THE 12
JURORS WANTED TO CONVICT
MANAFORT ON ALL OF THEM.
ONLY ONE HOLDOUT FOR THE TEN
CHARGES ON WHICH THEY DIDN’T GET
GUILTY VERDICTS.
GUILTY VERDICTS. PROSECUTORS KNOW THAT AND THEY
HAVE RIGHT TO PUT MANAFORT ON
TRIAL AGAIN FOR THE TEN CHARGES
WHERE THEY GOT A MISTRIAL.
THEY WERE JUST ONE JUROR AWAY.
WE’LL FIND OUT THE DAY AFTER
TOMORROW WHETHER THEY’LL TRY
MANAFORT AGAIN ON THOSE SECOND
BASEMAN
BASEMAN BASEMAN, ON THOSE CHARGES.
PROSECUTORS ARE STEAMING TOWARD
THE NEXT TRIAL FOR MANAFORT.
IT IS INTERESTING.
A FEW DAYS AGO, THE FEDERAL
COURT IN D.C. THAT’S ABOUT TO
START THE SECOND TRIAL FOR
MANAFORT, THEY UNSEALED SOME OF
THE EARLIER PROCEEDINGS THAT WE
THE PUBLIC HADN’T PREVIOUSLY
ACCESS TO THAT LET US SEE FOR
THE FIRST TIME EVEN THE JUDGE
WHO IS OVERSEEING THE NEXT PAUL
MANAFORT TRIAL IN D.C., THAT
JUDGE APPEARS TO BE MYSTIFIED BY
THE FACT MANAFORT DIDN’T CONSENT
TO ALL THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM
JUST BEING CONSOLIDATED IN ONE
JURISDICTION SO HE COULD GO ON
TRIAL ONCE.
TRIAL ONCE. THE REASON, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
CHAIR, THE REASON HE HAD A TRIAL
THAT ENDED LAST WEEK AND HE’S
NOW ABOUT TO HAVE A NEW TRIAL
THAT IS STARTING WITHIN THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS IS SIMPLY BECAUSE HE
DECIDED HE WANTED TWO TRIALS.
GOVERNMENT GAVE THEM CHOICE TO
CONSOLIDATE THEM AND GO ON TRIAL
ONCEST CHOSE TO GO ON TRIAL
TWICE.
TWICE. WHY DID HE MAKE CHOICE?
WE DON’T KNOW.
NEITHER DOES THE JUDGE IN HIS
CASE.
CASE. THIS IS FROM THE NEWLY UNSEALED
COURT TRANSCRIPT IN MANAFORT’S
CASE FROM FEBRUARY 14th IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS IS JUDGE IN MANAFORT’S D.C.
CASE TALKING TO MANAFORT’S
DEFENSE LAWYERS.
DEFENSE LAWYERS. AND BEFORE THIS WAS JUST
UNSEALED, THIS WAS A SEALED
PROCEEDING AT THE BASE.
NOW WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
THE JUDGE SAYS, QUOTE, I
UNDERSTAND YOU’RE HAMSTRUNG.
IS THERE ANY GHANG THE EASTERN
DISTRICT VERSUS THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA?
COLUMBIA? I THINK THE ONLY THING I CAN
IMAGINE THAT’S MORE UNUSUAL THAN
THE GOVERNMENT OFFERING THAT YOU
CHOICE IS THE CHOICE YOU’RE
MAKING.
MAKING. BUT IS THERE ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT?
MANAFORT’S DEFENSE LAWYER SAYS
NO.
NO. AND THEN JUDGE SAYS, OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. THE JUDGE IS SAYING, ARE YOU
SURE YOU WANT YOUR CLIENT TO GO
ON TRIAL TWICE?
YOU WANT TWO FEDERAL FELONY
TRIALS?
TRIALS? THE JUDGE IS SAYING TO THE
DEFENSE LAWYERS, LISTEN,
PROSECUTORS NEVER GIVE ANYBODY
THE OPTION TO DROP ONE OF THEIR
TRIALS.
TRIALS. THEY’RE GIVING YOU THE OPTION TO
JUST GO ON TRIAL ONCE.
ARE YOU SURE YOU’RE NOT WILLING
TO TAKE THEM UP ON IT?
THE DEFENSE LAWYER IS YEP, YOUR
HONOR, WE’RE STICKING WITH THE
PLAN.
PLAN. TWO TRIALS.
TWO TRIALS. THE JUDGE IS LIKE, OKAY, YOUR
FUNERAL.
FUNERAL. HERE WE GO.
SO THIS SECOND TRIAL IS ABOUT TO
START.
START. AND IT’S WEIRD.
AND IT WILL HAPPEN BEFORE THE
JUDGE WHO FINDS IT REMARKABLE.
IN THE JUDGE’S WORDS, UNUSUAL
THAT MANAFORT HAS DECIDED TO
HAVE A SECOND TRIAL.
INCIDENTALLY, THIS WILL WHO WILL
BE PRESIDING IN THE TRIAL IS THE
SAME JUDGE WHO ORDERED PAUL
MANAFORT HELD IN JAIL INSTEAD OF
HOUSE ARREST BECAUSE OF THE
ALLEGATIONS THAT HE WAS
TAMPERING WITH WITNESSES WHILE
HE WAS OUT ON BAIL.
SO THIS NEXT CASE FOR MANAFORT
IS NOT PROMISING FOR A LOT OF
REASONS.
REASONS. BUT IT WILL ALSO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE
CASE IN VIRGINIA WHERE HE JUST
GOT CONVICTED ON EIGHT FELONIES.
WE KNOW ABOUT IN PART FROM THE
1,500 PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT
THEY HAVE FOR MANAFORT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT’S
DIFFERENT IS THAT AT LEAST SOME
OF THE EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE
THAT THEY’LL BE CITING IS
APPARENTLY IN RUSSIAN.
LOOK.
LOOK. AT LEAST THE SUBJECT LINES OF
ALL OF THESE E-MAILS THAT APPEAR
IN THE PROSECUTION’S LIST, THIS
IS THE TRIAL WHERE MANAFORT HAS
A CO-DEFENDANT ON SOME OF THE
CHARGES.
CHARGES. HIS CO-DEFENDANT IS KONSTANTIN
KILIMNIK.
KILIMNIK. HE IS BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED
WITH RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE.
HE IS BELIEVED TO BE HIDING IN
RUSSIA RATHER THAN FACE THESE
CHARGES.
CHARGES. IN ADDITION TO BEING LISTED AS
MANAFORT’S CO-DEFENDANT, HE
APPEARS HERE IN THE EVIDENCE
LIST.
LIST. ITEM NUMBER 1194.
KK WE BELIEVE IS THE NICKNAME
FOR HIM AND THAT’S THE WAY
MANAFORT REFERRED TO HIM.
THERE ARE ALSO THESE COUPLE
REFERENCES WHO WE BELIEVE MAY TO
BE A RUSSIAN OLIGARCH WHO IS
KNOWN TO BE VERY CLOSE TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN AND IS KNOWN TO
HAVE EXTENSIVE BUSINESS
DEALINGS.
DEALINGS. HIS NAME IS OLEG DARE PASSKA.
WE’LL HAVE MORE ON HIS ROLE.
THIS WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
DIFFICULT PROSPECT FOR HIM.
YOU DON’T HAVE THE WIND AT YOUR
BACK HAD YOU’RE COMING OFF EIGHT
CONVICTIONS.
CONVICTIONS. EIGHT FELONY FEDERAL CONVICTIONS
RIGHT BEFORE YOU START A NEW
TRIAL ON SEVEN MORE COUNTS.
IN TERMS OF THE PRESIDENT’S
LEGAL JEOPARDY THOUGH, THIS
SECOND MANAFORT TRIAL HAS GOT A
LOT OF RUSSIAN STUFF IN IT.
IT IS A LOT CLOSER TO THE
ORIGINAL CONCERNS RELATED TO
RUSSIA THAT STARTED THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL’S INVESTIGATION IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
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
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.
TRIAL. QUOTE, PAUL MANAFORT’S DEFENSE
TEAM HELD TALKS WITH PROSECUTORS
TO RESOLVE A SECOND SET OF
CHARGES AGAINST THE FORMER
CAMPAIGN CHAIR.
CAMPAIGN CHAIR. THE PLEA DISCUSSIONS OCCURRED AS
A VIRGINIA JURY WAS SPENDING
FOUR DAYS DELIBERATING TAX AND
BANK FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST
MANAFORT.
MANAFORT. THE TALKS BETWEEN THE DEFENSE
TEAM AND PROSECUTORS WERE AIMED
AT FORESTALLING A SECOND TRIAL
FOR MANAFORT WHICH IS SCHEDULED
TO BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 17th.
ALTHOUGH PAUL MANAFORT AND HIS
DEFENSE TEAM STARTED THOSE TALKS
WITH THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR’S
OFFICE, IT DID NOT RESULT IN A
DEAL.
DEAL. AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS VERY
INTRIGUING.
INTRIGUING. THE PLEA TALKS ON THE SECOND SET
OF CHARGES STALLED OVER ISSUES
RAISED BY SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT
MUELLER.
MUELLER. WHAT ISSUES?
WHAT ISSUES? QUOTE, IT ISN’T CLEAR WHAT THOSE
ISSUES WERE AND THE PROPOSED
TERMS OF THE WOULD BE PLEA DEAL
COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY BE
DETERMINED.
DETERMINED. AS THE PRESIDENT OPENLY MULLS
THE PROSPECT OF PARDONING PAUL
MANAFORT TO GET HIM OUT OF THIS
LEGAL CORNER OF A MESS THAT HE’S
IN, DOES THIS MEAN THAT PAUL
MANAFORT WAS OFFERING TO
COOPERATE WITH PROSECUTORS FOR
THE FIRST TIME EVER?
COULD THIS MEAN THAT HE WASN’T
OFFERING TO COOPERATE BUT HIS
DEFENSE TEAM WAS NEVERTHELESS,
TRYING TO MAKE HIS SECOND TRIAL
GO AWAY?
GO AWAY? IF THEY WEREN’T OPERATING, IF
THEY WEREN’T OFFERING HIS
COOPERATION IN EXCHANGE FOR
MAKING THOSE CHARGES GO AWAY,
WHAT ELSE WOULD THEY HAVE TO
OFFER?
OFFER? THERE ARE WAYS TO FIGURE OUT THE