Adam Schiff: Trump ‘terrified’ of what Paul Manafort could tell special counsel

By Kelly Cohen

Published September 16, 2018 5:46pm ET

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Rep. Adam Schiff said Sunday that President Trump and his legal team are “terrified” at what Paul Manafort could tell special counsel Robert Mueller.

“They may think they know what Manafort has to say, because he was part of that joint defense agreement, but they have to know that he may not have told them the full truth,” Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

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