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What the white house is doing is trying to turn ohr into rick gates to massage the jury pool or future jury pool for impeachment and say this guy is not credible because he was involved in this and hes dirty in some way. he is dirty in one way and hes not actually dirty. he is the man that hunted russian mafia figures that were money laundering dollars they had stolen from the liquidation of the soviet union into the u.s. real estate market. donald trump must be terrified of him and everything h...

They can sort of massage the jury pool, the future jury pool for an impeachment and say, hey, this guy isnt credible because he was involved in this and hes dirty in some way. hes dirty in one way -- and hes not actually dirty -- he is the man that hunted russian mafia figures that were money laundering dollars that they had stolen from the liquidation of the soviet union into the u.s. real estate market. donald trump must be terrified of him and everything that hes known. but like everything we...

>> malcolm, youre nodding your head. >> yeah, i am nodding my head. look, matt makes a great point here. what the white house is doing is they are essentially trying to turn ohr into rick gates so that they can sort of massage the jury pool, the future jury pool for an impeachment and say, hey, this guy isnt credible because he was involved in this and hes dirty in some way. hes dirty in one way -- and hes not actually dirty -- he is the man that hunted russian mafia figures that were money laun...

Shep? >> shepard: peter doocy on verdict watch. first lets turn to jeffrey kramer former federal prosecutor, assistant u.s. attorney now managing director at the global consulting firm berkeley research group. good to see you. >> good afternoon. >> shepard: say what you want about these witnesses. i have heard it said repeatedly this is a document case. would you agree? >> it is mostly a document case with some witnesses sprinkled, in certainly mr. gates, to give a little life to the documents. ...

In the end, i think this is a case where the government has put on lots and lots of compelling evidence. theyve corroborated mr. gates, the main cooperator. theres documents that really demonstrate the fraud. i think in the end the government is going to be fine. this is what i worry about when the judge berates counsel, either side, in front of a jury. >> whats your biggest takeaway so far? >> i think its going well for the government. as i said just a moment ago, its a compelling case. its a d...

Gossip but peoples impression thats manaforts team seemed very pleased with how it went today. that this was what they were aiming for with rick gates. the cross-examination is sort c sort of turning things in their way, as a matter of substance in terms of the evidence against manafort and what the jury will consider. was that your impression as well? >> i thought that gates did okay. i thought it was sort of a middling kind of performance. i didnt feel like he fell apart on the stand. i didnt ...

Cooperating witness here. it still remains to be seen who the witnesses are, what kind of evidence they have. its hard, ive been trying to study the indictment and figure it out a little bit. i think some of the people who are mentioned as ccs, co-conspirators, are likely cooperating with the government and will testify, which could add a whole nother wrinkle because they seem to be all family members. but in insider trading cases, what youll look for, and ill draw the analogy to the manafort ca...

I imagine because of his role in the campaign that they are asking him lots and lots of questions about contacts with russia and the roles not just of the president, but of other people. roger stone, jared kushner, donald trump jr. look, this is a guy who was around the campaign for months and months, who traveled with the president, who was there for conversations, who may have read e-mails, who may have listened in on phone calls. and so, hes not just important for manafort. youre exactly righ...

Trying to protect what he sees as a likely conviction at the end of this trial. >> eric, last question to you. as i said, youve been covering it day in and day out, ahead of this trial a lot of people were saying, look, this is a document case. these tend to be boring. help us understand the circus, so much as there is one surrounding this trial. how much excitement is there in the room? whats it like when youre inside that courtroom? >> to my mind, one of the most fascinating dynamics of this t...

Pinning all this down. document case, paper case about illicit money transfers, lot of intensive investigation. and this is only one small piece of what mueller is managing in this russia investigation. >> eli, you coined the term trump tells. there is behavior that reveals something else. what were the trump tells in that seven-tweet tweet storm? >> hes a terrible poker player. hes doing it all the time. its not a very difficult question to answer. you see in some of the tweets about the manafo...