linked with a pro— ukraine group that mr manafort was involved with in terms of his lobbying activity. one of those witnesses, according to an fbi agent quoted in court papers, coming forward saying he'd been approached by mr manafort and that it was an attempt to influence their testimony at the upcoming trial. of course, that would be a violation of his current status, he's been released, he's been under house arrest since his initial court appearance last october and there is now a possibility that robert mueller will go to the judge, as he is planning to do, to ask thejudge to reconsider those conditions of his release, or perhaps to revoke them altogether, which means he could go to jail. he may not be, as you say, free on bailfor much longer but in the meantime the president is trying to distance himself from his former campaign manager? that's right. paul manafort