and North Korea. In an interview with CNBC Monday, Mnuchin said that "meaningful progress" had been made with China. "This has been a trade dispute all along, it never was a trade war," he added.need more time to consult with his

lawyer. After finding that Walker's decision was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary, the

court accepted his guilty plea.

       Later that same day, Walker sent a letter to the trial court asking to withdraw his

plea. After the court appointed new counsel, Walker argued that the plea was not

voluntary because of the short time he had to consider the offer and because his

attorneys exaggerated the possibility that he would spend life in prison under his

indeterminate sentence. He argued that the plea was not knowing because he did not

understand the rights he relinquished in Exhibit A. He also argued that the sentence in

Exhibit A that asserted his satisfaction with the representation he received from his

attorneys demonstrated that his attorneys had a