Well, Anderson, again, it goes to the nature of the charges. If the charge comes back against Manafort for his personal unrelated to the White House financial transactions in the past, that somehow, you know, violated some federal laws, I think the White House is then going to go on the attack.
Gergen discusses how the White House might respond politically depending on the nature of the charges against Paul Manafort.
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