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Register as a foreign agent being paid to work for a foreign country because that might interfere with future jobs he might be able to get in the u.s. government and because it would mean having to report way too much shady and embarrassing detail about this ukraine scheme he was involved in with paul manafort and how much everybody was getting paid and by whom. i think the good news for greg craig today on what is by far the most dramatic day of his trial, the good news today is that the star w...

It seemed there were two cases going on. craigs case, which is almost removed from what we were talking about with weber and podesta. but a dry run for the sentencing of rick gates. he was sitting there eight or ten feet akway from the judge. it seemed like he was actually impressing her, despite the history of lies. she defended him during this hearing, blocked defense lawyers from -- she thought they were -- she told them to back off. whether that means he gets away with probation as he is hop...

Campaign chairman ran this scheme in ukraine. president trumps campaign chairman in prison now. his deputy who was trying to stay out of prison now is acting as a cooperating witness in part by unraveling this scheme in open court. the scheme now threatens to put in jail president obamas first white house counsel. it has caused president obamas first white house counsels super fancy law firm to enter into a formal non-prosecution settlement with the justice department. in court, rick gates start...

The campaign, that involved -- this part seems to be metastasizing all across high power washington. joining us now is josh gerstein who was in the room as it happened today. its great to have you here. thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> let me ask you when rick gates on the witness stand today started saying, yeah, these lobbying firms, they knew definitely that they were working for a foreign country and the reason i know is because i told them directly, did it seem to you that ...

So many deceptions, so many crimes. he was arguing with one of the defense lawyers about whether he told this particular lie or not. it seemed he couldnt keep them straight. i dont think he is the kind of guy that you would bring in unless you thought you had a pretty strong case to start with. if its just a matter of rick gates word and i told these people and i told them something different, prosecutors will want something solid and corroborating to go with that. >> am i right that gates, howe...

Even at manaforts expense. rick gates admitted on the witness stand in that trial to stealing money from paul manafort, even as the two of them were busy defrauding other people and institutions to steal money from others. honor among thieves and all that. today the alumni reunion of the presidents campaign continued in court with rick gates back on the witness stand again as a star witness for the prosecution. this time he was testifying in the trial of greg craig, the former obama white house ...

Also appeared to accuse a lot of other people of committing quite a few crimes as well. under oath, on the witness stand, whetoday rick gates not y testified against greg craig to support prosecutor allegations that he lied to the justice department about the work he did for manafort in ukraine, today, surprise, rick gates also testified that there are more d.c. big wigs in on that scheme, specifically more d.c. big wigs who knew they were working for a foreign government because he, rick gates,...

We know that he engaged at least one pr firm. he engaged lobbying firms. its starting to feel like everybody who touched this, everybody who worked with manafort on this particular gig has got some sort of exposure or a lot of hassle in terms of the kind of work this was and the fact that the justice department is newly interested in prosecuting people for potentially working for foreign governments without registering as foreign agents. >> they definite have hassle. the justice department has p...

Unemployed. he said he has met with federal investigators about 40 times since he has been a cooperating witness. 40 meetings with prosecutors. defense attorneys made rick gates today admit that he was testifying in this trial as part of his cooperation deal because he hopes his cooperation with the government would result in him not having to serve prison time for the felonies to which he has pled guilty. the defense cross examining him said, quote, you also under the plea agreement get a promi...

This afternoon. the reason i want to get to it is because we have somebody who will join us in a second who was there in the room when it happened today. by the room, i mean the courtroom. this is a legal drama that unfolded today in a way i dont know anybody thought to expect. the deputy chairman of president trumps campaign who is the deputy chairman of the presidents inaugural committee, he is awaiting sentencing on two felony charges to which he pled guilty. while he awaits sentencing, he ha...