Andrea Mitchel then says the (Manafort) concensus could be on acquittal.

[LiberalFighter]

Really? To me, that means she hopes he is acquitted. I wonder what illegal activities she is involved?

[brooklynite]

1. On what basis do you jump to that opinion?

Why would she "hope" for any particular verdict?

[maxrandb]

2. Retrumplican Crypt Keeper says what?

[manor321]

3. She's an idiot

Never ever listen to her.

[Renew Deal]

4. The lawyers are saying it too

She's right. We shouldn't assume he's not guilty on any or all of them

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Oh, come on. You can't infer she's involved in "illegal activities"

just because she speculated on the possibility of an acquittal! - because that is a possibility, although a remote one. Sometimes these talking heads just say stuff to fill in air time.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

6. Andrea.....

to me needs to move on. It tkes her twice as long to mope out a sentence and I quit being impressed w her musings about 15 years ago. That's just me though. I know there are some here who love her. Me? Not so much.

[PatSeg]

25. I have mixed feelings about Andrea Mitchell

I've seen her do some good interviews with very powerful people, but she is totally unsuited to host her own show. She's just not good at it and has a hard time getting out a complete sentence. It can be exhausting listening to her. There are plenty of people who can do that job and make it look effortless, its just not where her talents lie.

[jberryhill]

7. And she would have any better way of knowing this than my cat why?

[Grammy23]

15. I agree.

These people are on air for an hour or two straight. They gotta fill the time with something. So they throw something out there for their panel to chew on and regurgitate for an hour of round table. So just because she said it doesn’t mean anything except they need a topic to dissect.

[Bradshaw3]

31. I gotta go with your cat here

One meow guilty, two meows not guilty.

[RockRaven]

8. She is married to Alan Greenspan, an avatar of the Late Stage Capitalism "gimme"tarian kleptocracy

The only thing she probably believes Manafort did wrong was getting caught.

[brush]

9. She is such a transparent repug. Guess her and Todd balance out the MSNBC line-up.

[beachbum bob]

10. 18 separate charges, each with its own verdict, mitchel is an idiot

[Mike Rows His Boat]

11. Wasn't she involved w/Karl Rove's outing of V Plame?

Afterward she apologized for lying about the cocktail circuit knowing she was CIA.

Never trust Ms Mitchell.

[mobeau69]

12. No way in hell

They're going to go down and check not guilty on 17 counts (seeing them as false charges) and then piss and moan about one single count? No way.

[Kingofalldems]

13. But her emails!

[FSogol]

24. Perfect!

[madaboutharry]

14. We wil know soon enough about the verdict.

However, I find it highly unlikely that the jury has found him not guilty on 17 charges and is stuck on a single charge.

I think it is going to be guilty on a majority of charges. That is what my tea leaves tell me,

[gratuitous]

16. Ri-i-i-i-ight

I'm sure the incredibly persuasive defense Manafort put on surely has every juror in that room absolutely convinced of his complete innocence on all charges.

[elleng]

17. Of course it COULD be;

one needn't HOPE it could be to recognize that it could be.

[Grammy23]

18. Dare we hope that by later this afternoon

a verdict is rendered?? I am betting that Manafort is getting IV Imodium. He wants to get this over ASAP. The uncertainty has got to be unnerving at best. Not that I’m Feeling any sympathy for this thug.....

[spooky3]

23. His next trial, in DC, will be worse for him.

Even if he skates on this one—which would shock me—he has a long road ahead.

[Maven]

19. Andrea Emails is a joke. Ignore her. nt

[berni_mccoy]

20. It's a possibility...

Not a remotely plausible possibility.

But a possibility.

[oasis]

21. Thank you, Andrea, we await your next fortune cookie revelation.

[stonecutter357]

22. Disgusting OP !

[obnoxiousdrunk]

30. +1. n/t

[njhoneybadger]

26. Check out Andrea's Mustache "got milk"

WTH is that

[bdtrppr6]

27. she occasionally seems rational

but i seriously cannot stand Mrs. Greenspan. might be closer to center every once in a while, but she's still a repuke. change the channel or turn off sound whenever she shows up.

[avebury]

28. You only need one really pissed off person to dig in for guilty on

all counts to prevent an acquittal. If I were on that jury I would be so pissed off about the way that the judge ran this case. He made every effort to drive the case into the ground. And to just throw all the evidence at the jurors and to force them to figure it all out as to what evidence went with what charge is ridiculous.

[Squinch]

29. I'm no fan of hers, but it is a possibility. We have no idea until we get the verdict.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

32. I mean, it *could* be.

I don't think it will, but it could be. It's within the range of possibilities.

But I don't think it will. And I don't think pointing out a possible outcome means someone is involved in "illegal activities." You're just being silly.

[NCTraveler]

33. Good to see she has moved on from emails. nt

[GeorgeGist]

34. Critical thinking ?