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David Gergen: “Yes, absolutely. I mean, the more they can pile up on him, you know, the multiple charges then the incentive to…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 2017
Yes, absolutely. I mean, the more they can pile up on him, you know, the multiple charges then the incentive to cooperate goes way up as you will know.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the strategy of using multiple charges to encourage Manafort to cooperate with investigators.

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