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Have some connection to the manafort case. we have a tax case from 2007, having nothing to do with russia collusion. manafort is in solitary confinement. do you think mueller is panicking about the verdict in that case? >> look. i dont know. i heard rumors to that effect. i think they shouldnt. whether about manafort is convicted or acquitted or the hung jury, its the same as our case. i do think like the president does that mr. manafort has been treated horribly. this is not a terrorist. this i...

Have some connection to the manafort case. we have a tax case from 2007, having nothing to do with russia collusion. manafort is in solitary confinement. do you think mueller is panicking about the verdict in that case? >> look. i dont know. i heard rumors to that effect. i think they shouldnt. whether about manafort is convicted or acquitted or the hung jury, its the same as our case. i do think like the president does that mr. manafort has been treated horribly. this is not a terrorist. this i...

Have some connection to the manafort case. we have a tax case from 2007, having nothing to do with russia collusion. manafort is in solitary confinement. do you think mueller is panicking about the verdict in that case? >> look. i dont know. i heard rumors to that effect. i think they shouldnt. whether about manafort is convicted or acquitted or the hung jury, its the same as our case. i do think like the president does that mr. manafort has been treated horribly. this is not a terrorist. this i...

>> two things there, lynn. number one, very unusual for a president, a sitting president to be commenting on an ongoing case, no less the jury and deliberation. number two, does the presidents sentiment give a window into his allegiance to paul manafort? >> i will take the second one first, which is, yes, and he is signaling he would be open to some kind of clemency. but it doesnt matter for the jury, of course, because theyre not supposed to be watching any of it. of course, president trump say...

And lynn sweet, the washington bureau chief for the chicago sun times. in your view, shan, do prolonged deliberations in a case like manaforts, does that say that its favorable to the defense? >> its always a little bit of speculation. in this case, i would disagree. i was concerned for the prosecution when that note came out so fast asking about reasonable doubt. now the jury seems to have settled down. they are deliberating. as a prosecutor, i liked that. i like the jury taking its time, worki...

Of the instructions. so, of course they would maybe need a refresher. i dont know why they just didnt get the written instructions that the judge gave them. but that is another reason why no one should be surprised if they have questions, because they dont have the jury instructions written down for them. and they were sent a lot of exhibits that they will be looking at for the first time. >> then, how do you digest the fact that the sitting president is president is involved in a case like this...

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>> lynn, final word? >> actually, what is so interesting in the government sentencing memo is how they go through how they went in and george papadopoulos, who lives in chicago with his wife, how he went in on the first interviews without a lawyer. whats also interesting is his wife had taken to tv shows in a plea either for clemency or go fund me for their legal costs and the lawyers even went to the trouble of slapping her down a bit and saying she said something that wasnt right, so, you know...

Is so highly publicized and theres so much at stake? >> probably judge ellis felt that was too great an imposition on the jury. judges are very sensitive to the strain and interference in the jurors lives. theres also some feeling when you sequester a jury, it places even greater pressure on them. but hes bog to be second-guessed on this one. >> all right. hopefully theyre following all those instructions, right? not watching reports. because thats usually what comes with an instruction over the...

How things went today. pointing out the shortcomings in the governments case. the government has not met their burden of proof. >> i am joined by news national security and justice reporter julia ainsley who was in the courtroom. last best chance. how did it go for them? >> not quite as well for the prosecution. they were picking and choosing around the edges here. one of the things they said that might have stuck if the judge hadnt instructed the jury to ignore it is the argument that we will o...