If you were in Trump's orbit and you were looking to escape with your scalp, would you put your faith in Trump today and go for a pardon or spill your guts and take the plea Mueller and know that at least when that's done, you won't have to look over your shoulder for the rest of your life waiting for the indictments like Manafort's.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.