[Ana Cabrera, Cnn Newsroom Anchor:] is also a Trump supporter and the full interview, by the way, airs tonight. But listen to this part of what she said.
[Anderson Cooper, Cnn Anchor:] How would you feel if the President pardoned Paul Manafort?
[Paula Duncan, Trump Supporter And Manafort Juror:] I feel it would be a grave mistake for President Trump to pardon Paul Manafort.
[Cooper:] Why?
[Duncan:] Justice was done. The evidence was there. And that's where it should stop.
[Cabrera:] Michael, would this be a grave mistake?
[Michael Smerconish, Cnn Political Commentator:] Well, I'm not surprised at all to hear a juror say that particularly one who voted for conviction because if he should offer a pardon, her view is going to be, hey, what the hell, I sat in that courtroom for three weeks and you mean my time wasn't worth anything? I think that the President is setting the stage for a pardon of Paul Manafort and the argument that he'll one day make maybe is to say that Robert Mueller set off on this witch hunt looking for collusion, couldn't find it, and the best he could do was tax fraud, tax evasion of events that preceded the presidential election of 2016. That's I think the case he is getting ready to make.
[Cabrera:] We should note Rudy Giuliani saying that he and the President have talked about pardoning people including Manafort, but that they would not do it that the President would not move forward with any pardon of that nature during the pending investigation. So Michael Smerconish, we'll chat with you, we'll see where these all goes. Thank you so much as always. Michael has his show tomorrow morning, it's Smerconish that airs at 9:00 Eastern here on
[Cnn. Cabrera:] Up next in the newsroom, Senator John McCain, his family now announcing he has discontinued treatment for his brain cancer. His friend and former Campaign Official Ana Navarro is going to join us live with her reaction.