David Gergen actually said...

"It does raise the question of whether trying to flip Manafort or not, was he knows enough now? That certainly indicates that he's in great legal jeopardy."

"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."

"It really -- it does send a signal, at least a couple people in the inner circle. And Paul Manafort was in the inner circle as a chairman for a period of time. They just can't deny that."

"Does this add to a sense that there was an intent just as David Axelrod said, was there a motivation on the part of the president to shut Mueller down?"