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Actors in the united states, not just because of what the effect might be in the united states, but because that is, as i was saying, is part of his overall strategy, which is to prove to russians that democracy doesnt work, that american democracy is chaotic, that it leads to violence, that its not something russians should want or desire or aim for. remember, this is a leader for whom his worst nightmare was something hes already seen unfold in ukraine in 2014 when there are mass street demons...

There was this weird attitude that putin had toward montenegro so trump just adopted it. he just imaginally picked that person of all people to shove. i wonder, even in russia they have where it looked like for a hot second during the obama administration, when you were ambassador, that maybe they would be able to emerge as a democracy. that didnt last. one election later, putin is back and he aint never leaving, apparently. he does have this argument that actually, democracy doesnt work. and as...

Until the push to oust her from the number one position. because her speaking out with donald trump and criticizing the lie that he won the election. and now she is unsparing in her criticism of mccarthy and that trip down to mara largo. >> there was no question who was responsible then. but then, of course, kevin mccarthy decided to go to mara l largo at the end of january. . that is a real moment it became clear we were not going to be able to move forward and focus on substance and policy. ma...

He was prosecuted for covering up for the president. trump commuted the sentence anyway. jackson sentenced former campaign manager paul manafort to more than seven years for financial crimes, saying he knew exactly what he was doing. trump pardoned him too. manafort associate rick gates got 45 days plus probation as jackson recognized his cooperation with prosecutors, saying if people dont have the facts, democracy doesnt work. shan wu represented gates. >> her rulings whether its a sparsely att...

Manafort would not be in this situation. jackson blasted that approach saying im sorry i got caught is not an inspiring plea for leniency. he said he lied to conditioning and the american people. if the people dont have the facts democracy doesnt work. she later rebuked manafort for lying afterh his arrest. judge jackson also took issue with the assertion that the charges he faced werent linked to russian collusion. she called them just one more thing thats inconsistent with any genuine acceptan...

Ive been in that courtroom and she has some friction with his defense counsel. she had taken him to task a few times. she does not like the hyperbole or over complaints about the situation. those may factor into a harsher sentence. >> this emphasis on getting the facts, if the people dont have the facts, democracy doesnt work. i mean, these are big statements, big pronouncementinpronouncements that the judge is making. whats her message with this? >> i think there shes addressing the other part ...

Undercut our country. she is taking it right to him right now. >> she is. we have to be careful here because its easy to hear this and think she is really going to throw the book at him. but youll remember last week judge ellis brought up the fact that pickpocketers in england centuries ago were hung. and then he gave him four years which was much less than the sentencing guidelines. we really have to wait and see what she is going to do but clearly shes really laying into paul manafort for his ...

Showed little emotion as he spoke from a wheelchair in a d.c. courtroom. i am sorry for what i have done. let me be clear, i accept the responsibility for the acts that cause me to be here today. manafort said, your honor, i will be 70 years old in a few weeks. adding, please let my wife and i be together. manaforts lawyer painted his client in a sympathetic light claiming but for the 2016 election, manafort would not be in this situation. judge jackson blasted that approach to the case, saying,...

Public relations, spin. she says there is something wrong with it if youre not simply advancing a position as part of a pr campaign. what youre doing was lying to members of congress and the american public. she is speaking directly, according to our producers inside court, to paul manafort now looking at him, talking to him. shes now saying if the people dont have the facts, democracy doesnt work. >> important words there. >> reporter: shes taking the climate into consideration, what this has m...

Basis of the rule of law in our democracy. so forgot all democracies around the world must be inspired by the struggle for democracy. so i mean we heard there a stress test for spanish democracy now the spanish government is saying the same thing is this really a stress test. well i think that obviously for some on the dependent movement to do it is a whole a stretch of you trying to make the trial i believe those trials i think that one hundred one is government. is really to show us trust. can...