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Earlier tonight, robert muellers team and lawyers for paul manafort notably told the court they want more time before filing a status update for manaforts case in washington, d.c. we have a very smart lawyer on standby to explain all these words. instead of updating the court on a possible sentencing date tomorrow, they now want to wait until december 26th. the court filing said the delay will allow both sides to, quote, provide the court with a report that will be of greater assistance in the c...

They want to probably indict, as dan says, and the question is who. and that paul manafort has been useful in that process, and thats why it will be more helpful to the court for them to be able to share where they are and what that means for sentencing. because, remember, that for sentencing, its the judge that decides what sentence paul manafort will get, but its the federal prosecutors who decide how they position him and what their recommendation to the court is, and that is all about his co...

Earlier tonight, robert muellers team and lawyers for paul manafort notably told the court they want more time before filing a status update for manaforts case in washington, d.c. we have a very smart lawyer on stand by to explain all these words. instead of updating the court on a possible sentencing date tomorrow, they now want to wait until december 26th. the court filing said the delay will allow both sides to, quote, provide the court with a report that will be of greater assistance in the ...

>> oh, go ahead, frank. >> i agree -- no, i agree with maya and with others. i think something is afoot. what is it? this begs the question, what is it thats going to transpire in the next several days that is going to give the court much greater insight into the level of cooperation of manafort and why would both sides agree to the delay. this is unlikely to be a negative slap against manafort and a lack of cooperation, but rather it is probably -- those days are going to permit the mueller tea...

Thats useful. they want to probably indict, as dan says, and the question is who. and that paul manafort has been useful in that process, and thats why it will be more helpful to the court for them to be able to share where they are and what that means for sentencing. because, remember, that for sentencing, its the judge that decides what sentence paul manafort will get, but its the federal prosecutors who decide how they position him and what their recommendation to the court is, and that is al...

Manaforts case in washington, d.c. we have a very smart lawyer on stand by to explain all these words. instead of updating the court on a possible sentencing date tomorrow, they now want to wait

The imagination run wild. >> oh, go ahead, frank. >> i agree -- no, i agree with mia and with others. i think something is afoot. what is it? this begs the question, what is it thats going to transpire in the next several days that is going to give the court much greater insight into the level of cooperation of manafort and why would both sides agree to the delay. this is unlikely to be a negative slap against manafort and a lack of cooperation, but rather it is probably -- those days are going ...

Russia investigation, saying they will have more to report in ten days. a status report on manafort was due today, but the mueller team said they will later submit, devo quote, a report that will be of greater assistance in the courts management of this matter. this just days after the special counsel delayed the sentencing of manaforts deputy rick gates, citing his involvement in the probe. with attorneys for gates confirming that gates continues to cooperate with respect to sell ongoing invest...

Im betting on indictments tomorrow. could just be stone, but could be more, too. well, with us to talk about it, myia wiley who also happens to be a former assistant attorney for southern district of new york. and frank figliuzzi, former assistant director for counter intelligence who in the past has worked for robert mueller. all right, counselor, how do you read this court filing? >> a tantalizing tidbit for those of us waiting for the main course. >> and those of you who can understand the ...

They will have more to report in ten days. a status report on manafort was due today. the mueller team said they will later submit a report that will be of greater i assistance in the courts management of this matter. this just days after the special counsel delayed the sentencing of manaforts deputy rick gates, citing his involvement in the probe. with attorneys from mueller and gates confirming in a wednesday filing that gates quote continues to cooperate with respect to several ongoing invest...