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Present himself because he had to enter his own guilty plea. in court we did get to see him go through the serious nuts and bolts the judge with him confirming to the judge that he understood, that he was pleading guilty. he understood the implications of that. he understood it was a serious thing to which he was pleading guilty. we also got to see him crucially confirm in open court that basically all this happened to him today because he has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. so heres from ...

Which i take it you and your lawyer have gone over carefully? yes, your honor. the judge, are you the one who signed it on the last page where it says defendants acceptance indicating it was true? the defendant, yes, your honor. the judge, do you understand if i accept your guilty plea in this case, could you receive a maximum sentence of up to five years incarceration for that offense? i do, your honor. the judge, do you understand in this case as part of your plea agreement, there is a paragra...

Prosecutors, also came from this same ukrainian guy who plays such a big role in the manafort case. so theres lots and lots of ties between this guys new case today and manaforts case which is still ongoing. still ongoing because hes got another second trial coming up in a couple of weeks. but on that specific claim by prosecutors about the trump inauguration, that is fascinating for a bunch of reasons. for one, bluntly, this is the first time prosecutors have directly alleged that foreign money...

English. they beak just read the document they had filed with the court. a very formal proceeding. but still, the defendant was present himself because he had to enter his own guilty plea. in court we did get to see him go through the serious nuts and bolts with the judge with him confirming to the judge that he understood that he was pleading guilty, that he understood the implications of that. he understood that this was a serious thing to which he was pleading guilty. we also got to see him c...

Perjured themselves in testimony before congressional committees looking at the russia investigation, im thinking about people like eric prince, donald trump jr., jared kushner, should they be more on alert if there were any problems in their potential testimony because of the way this came up in mr. pattons case today? >> they should be very nervous. of course mr. patton has concluded a cooperation deal with prosecutors. we dont know what he could have been charged with in this regard had that ...

This was the guy who was going to turn up today having a starring role in the case at this point. natasha, thank you for being here. congratulations on being the early spotter here. why did you write about sam patten back in april for the atlantic? he is certainly not only a household name but not a name that has been on a lot of peoples radar at all in this case. >> i was researching konstantin kilimnik. he is a major player in the russia investigation, being as close as he is with paul manafor...

Is the same pay master for paul manafort for all the work did he in ukraine. more than $40 million of the overseas payments that prosecutors swra funneled to paul manafort came from this guy, sergei lovochkin. so lots of linked to manafort. you may have heard when they charged this guy sam patten today and they got his guilty plea, you may have mattered prosecutors claimed in his case that patten illegally funneled foreign money into the trump inauguration. thats a $50,000 illegal dont participa...

That same guy, sergei lovochkin is described as beak being the main pay master for paul manafort for all the work he did in ukraine. more than $40 million of the overseas payments that prosecutors say were funneled to paul manafort over the years came from this guy, sergei lovochkin. who has a starring role in todays new indictment also. so lots of links to manafort. you may have heard when they charged this guy sam patten today and they got his guilty plea and he signed off on this cooperation ...

Court in washington asking for a gag order to be imposed by the court on the legal defense team thats representing maria butina. maria butina, of course, is accused of being a secret russian agent who infiltrated the nra and the conservative movement more broadly to try to influence the 2016 election on behalf of the russian government. maria butinas lawyer has done lots of interviews and made lots of media appearances since he started representing her in this case. prosecutors are asking for th...

Also, this case appears to be linked to the manafort case for sure. also, this is another unregistered foreign agent case for the special counsels office. also, for the first time, there -- this case raises the possibility of justice department prosecutions for people lying to congress about the russia investigation. oh. also, for the first time, prosecutors are zoing in on trump inauguration describing illicit foreign funds being funneled into trump campaign entis for the first time. tell me mo...