Notorious: Trump invokes murderous gangster to defend Manafort
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President Trump defends his former campaign chair Paul Manafort, by comparing him to the notorious mobster, Al Capone, who had a reputation as a violent gangster. Former Prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, the same office currently handling Michael Cohen’s case, tells Ari Melber that Trump is likely “scared to death” Paul Manafort will flip and notes that prosecutors are sometimes willing to make deals with defendants “after conviction”.Aug. 2, 2018
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