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Be for prosecutors, do you think? >> dan is right. this is what we would call a document case. its going to be dry. its a complex investigation, but, of course, the challenge for the government, for the prosecutors, is to turn a complex investigation into a relatively simple and if possible sexy story for the jury at trial. im confident that this experienced trial team will be able to do that. but i see a relatively straight forward evidentiary trial when all things are said and done. >> how big...

Stand? >> i dont think theres any doubt were going to have people who show up for jury selection who obviously already know about the case. the key issue is can they keep an open mind. so i think its going to take at least a couple of days. normally jury selection in federal court especially in that court goes real quickly. this is going to take some time. as far as manafort testifying, i dont see that happening. again, its a document case. and i think manaforts best defense is to be patient and...

Disclose that he has foreign registered shell companies and then transfers money from those accounts to his interior designer, to his clothing person for high end suits, et cetera, et cetera. homes and all sorts of other luxury items. and so its a pretty -- it looks to be like it will be a pretty intensive document case as you would expect in a tax fraud, mortgage fraud case. and i think thats ultimately what this exhibit list illustrates. >> the prosecutors have a big job here because an import...

Et cetera. homes and all sorts of other luxury items. and so its a pretty -- it looks to be like it will be a pretty intensive document case as you would expect in a tax fraud, mortgage fraud case. and i think thats ultimately what this exhibit list illustrates. >> the prosecutors have a big job here because an important person in manaforts life flipped and as you put may be kind of a naritator in this trial. >> i think rick gates is going to be on the stand for at least a week. i think hes goin...

Theres a lot. theres a $21,000 watch. theres a mercedes and a range rover. i guess this is the predicate you lay down in a financial trial. the guy made a lot of money for a lot of years. he likes the good life and you take it from there. >> and in order to get that money into the united states without paying taxes on it, he funnels it through any number of shell companies, doesnt disclose that he has foreign registered shell companies and then transfers money from those accounts to his interior...

It is a document case. you cant cross-examine a document, the document speaks for itself and theyll put into evidence one document after another. in terms of any kind of real defense here, the defense, the lawyers, they have him lying to the lawyers. >> before i go to david on foreign policy, you dont think theyll put paul manafort on the stand do you? >> i would never think hed take the stand. they would then take the documents and put them under his face and say did you sign this? did you sign...

Another high level insider because when paul manafort was the campaign chairman, richard gates was the deputy chairman. it also gives the mueller team somebody who was involved with the campaign. >> all right, pete, thank you for that reporting. i know youll continue to track this throughout the hour and day. ken, i want to bring you in. this, obviously, comes after the breaking news that we reported on yesterday. those new indictments. 32-count indictment, along with his business partner paul m...

>> hey, ron. obviously law enforcement and mullers team are triangulating at this point. because everyone could have a deal. we know papadopoulos will do well if he fesses up everything he knows. despite a blustery comment, the bottom line is paul manafort and richard gates have got to be thinking carefully about their level of cooperation with the investigation. >> sure. these are very serious charges, you know, for somebody certainly at paul manaforts age. these are charges that could potentia...

They can sort of massage the jury pool, the future jury pool for an impeachment and say, hey, this guy is not credible because he was involved in this and hes dirty in some way. hes dirty in one way, all right, 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 ever...

And gates remained in the trump campaign well after manafort left so we dont know exactly what he may be tell about the trump campaign. but this is a horrible day for paul manafort. he is under now enormous pressure to plead guilty. you know, before this had been essentially a paper case, a document case, a very strong case, now hes got his former friend who seems willing to testify against him, its just got to be a devastating day for him. >> ken vogel, how much does rick gates now? >> he helps...