But Paul Manafort's new sentence was the least of Donald Trump's worries Wednesday as his Russia investigation nightmare took yet another turn for the worse. Both new angles on the Russia intrigue came on the day that a judge added to the prison sentence of Manafort, Trump's former campaign chairman, after he was snared in Mueller's investigation. It would not be unusual for a President to discuss personnel matters with an attorney general or even specific cases. That and another email obtained by CNN and dated the same day do not specifically mention a pardon. That did not stop Trump from misinterpreting her remarks in the service of his ongoing effort to brand the Russia investigation a "witch hunt": "Today, again, no collusion.

Source: CNN March 14, 2019 05:03 UTC