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It could have provided an opening for paul manafort. youll remember within minutes of paul manafort being sentenced in washington, d.c., for the federal crimes, the manhattan district attorney brought charges against manafort in new york state for mortgage fraud crimes. paul manafort could have potentially argued he couldnt be brought in federal court and state court. the supreme court essentially putting that to rest, putting those chances that paul manafort could challenge this on a little bit...

Jeopardy. >> jessica joins us with the latest. whats interesting here is that question of can a state try you for things youve already been tried for on the federal level. the answer had been yes. does it remain yes? >> reporter: it does wree main yes. the supreme court upholding the province here. the supreme court here upholding this exception, which basically says that state and federal prosecutors can prosecute, can bring charges against one person for the same underlying crime without viola...