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If thats used to curry favor and he knew that and was promising favors in return, you have the makings of a potential bribery case. then on the other hand the money coming off the committee, those funds -- we see $100 million plus. if those funds were used for noninauguration purposes to pay their mortgage or take trips, noninauguration related theres a fraud case. the donors were giving the money for the administration. >> how do federal investigators figure this out? >> well, like every other ...

To run for president for his own profit and to feather his commercial nest and russia and he saw that as a joint project kind of hidden from the american people. thats just going to be a theme going forward that hell be hard pressed to disavow. >> heather, harry made this turn for us nicely. the other revelation friday was that this synergy, that was the word used by prosecutors, with russia, was offered to the trump orbit years before we previously knew, before that filing on friday. if you loo...

Want to look into. >> and the other thing, too, that we should discuss is, is this really going to make a difference to the core trump supporter? because when i said earlier to chris that i think kavanaugh is going to be confirmed because its really all about the supreme court. i mean, listen, he settled a fraud case from trump university. there have been so many things. i mean this is highly detailed and, you know, a sign that the law was broken. but is it going to make a difference because, li...

That private citizen donald trump has been saying, that reality star donald trump has been saying. that made him the figure that was so appealing, and is so appealing on the campaign trail and to his supporters now. so thats one thing. i think the bigger issue are the allegations of fraud and what that could mean in, you know, in the court of law potentially, depending on a statute of limitations issue. and more importantly, in the house of representatives come november if the democrats really d...

And in some ways, it is considered a much stronger case for the prosecution than this bank fraud and. at a fraud case was. which as larry and norm have already said, was already a pretty overwhelming case. so i think theres every reason to imagine that paul manaforts legal jeopardy is ongoing. and that the worst may be ahead of him. he faces another possible century in prison. >> so before we go. was this a win for the prosecution? was it a good day yesterday for the prosecution? >> home run. >>...

Worse. every day a new crime. today president went on fox news. as larry said, he seemed to concede that he was aware of these payments and was involved in them. >> did he implicate himself even further? >> he proved a case that my watch dog group proved several months ago when we first got wind of this. we said wait a minute. if it is the way he said, he should have put this on his financial disclosures. thats not a small offense. in addition to the campaign violation. trump signed those forms ...

Again. these are complicated trials. you never know what a jury will do. even with that one person holding out, they managed to convict on eight felonies. >> as youre listening to the juror, what are you thinking? >> well, don, of course ive tried cases to juries all over the country and ive sat on juries and i was even the foreman. it is like sausage making. you wouldnt want that to be on television. what goes on in the jury room. with that jury i sat in on a foreman, there was one person who s...

A deal. such respect for a brave man." and then he put an exclamation point on top of that. so, manafort was convicted by a jury of eight counts of bank and tax fraud charges. yes, the president has quotes around, you know, the word justice. but why is the president defending paul manafort? hes a convicted felon. >> thank you for your question, don. as a former prosecutor, it is very hard for me to watch these direct attacks on the rule of law by donald trump. and its also very telling, because ...

Able to get away with it. i think the president should apologize and stop attacking law enforcement. >> the president attacked michael cohen, while he continues to praise paul manafort. it is interesting. what does that say to you? >> well, let me say that michael cohens guilty plea is a game changer. we have a sworn document under oath which basically the president of the united states is alleged to have committed two felonies. and i think its important for people to understand theres a differe...

Lawmaker, do you have any resource, what actions can the democrats take without the republicans acting? because theres a deafening silence coming from republicans on capitol hill now. >> most campaign finance violations are handled by the fec, those are civil fines. thats what happened with obama campaign, thats a case donald trump referred to, but when we look at this fact pattern, congresswoman kathleen rice and i, we wrote a letter to the fbi, because as former prosecutors, we thought, this l...