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>> did you submit this brief prior to today. >> mr. saonye, no, we have not but we think this proposed instruction is a more adequate statement of fourth circuit law on the courts comments of questioning of witnesses. >> the judge, well it leaves out the fact that the law of the united states permits a federal judge to comment to the jury on the evidence in the case. thats still the law of the land. but in any event, i dont care that much. and whats your objection to this one? the only thing it ...

Cushion will start their closing arguments on time and it will go an hour and a half to two hours depending on how long they need to convince the judge. there will be the closing argument from the defense and the jury will get it. of course there is absolutely no way to tell how long the jury will deliberate on paul manaforts fate. if the presidents campaign chairman, paul manafort, is convicted, we should keep in mind that that would probably mean that this particular criminal case against mana...

Feel. >> suppose i change number 11 to say such comments permits a federal judge to comment to the jury on the evidence in the case. do you think i made any such comments? and then the transcript reflects laughter. judge says, do you think i made any such comments? the prosecutor hes having with the back and forth here doesnt respond. he just stands there and theres awkward laughter in the courtroom. from another part of the courtroom from the prosecutors table, the other prosecutor waits a beat...

How the jury will decide manafort rforts case. there are still elements of the case that are under seal. they had no spectators allowed in the courtroom and again for two hours this morning. we have no idea what that was about or why it was sealed. informed speculation who know how the trials tend to go suggesting there might be an issue the defense raised about something going wrong with the jury? after the defense team rested without calling any witnesses, they gave a short statement to the pr...

Unusual absence in the courtroom, right? theres been a lot of detail, a lot of evidence introduced in this case about the trump campaign apparently trying to sell off high ranking job offers but steve calk himself has not appeared as a witness in the courtroom. all these e-mails and discussions are related to him but he hasnt been there. among other things that might imply he hasnt made a deal with prosecutors that might have resulted in immunity for his own prosecution in exchange for his testi...

That brings us end of the evidence in this case. thats the end of the evidence. all the evidence is in. theres not going to be any more witnesses. none for the prosecution and none for the defense, including the defendant himself. i mentioned the defense made one last effort related to the trump campaign to this guy who wanted to be secretary of the army and apparently thought he would be and was hiring up to get ready to take the job. last night paul manaforts defense team file aid last minute ...

Saving on this! saving in here. rewarded! learn more at theexplorercard.com welcome back. youre looking at a live picture or you will be in a moment of the federal courthouse in virginia where closing arguments just wrapped up in the paul manafort trial. now the jury is getting instructions and soon the case will be in their hands. the stakes could not be higher. we cannot lose sight of the fact that the person who ran the winning presidential campaign could go to jail for the rest of his life...

Havent heard from him in a week. >> how do you interpret that? >> i think theyre waiting for the -- i hate to bring up the case, i think theyre waiting for the manafort case. i think they feel if they win, theyre going to be empowered. >> you know, i wonder what the government thinks, and by the government i mean i wonder what rudy giuliani, the presidents team of lawyers, think when they watch the manafort trial, when they get the updates on the manafort trial, and all of the evidence thats bee...

Questions, including from julia ansly that did not get a response. this is a reporters audio recording that was exchange. >> what do you say to those who say this makes your client look gui guilty? >> we live in the united states of america. youre presumed innocent until proven guilty. >> sorry there a problem with the jury in this case? you confident going into the closing arguments tomorrow? >> very confident. thank you. >> three clear questions there. he answers the first one. skips the sec...

And the answer is does he have something special up his sleeve? the answer is clearly no. it really was an overwhelming case and its so strong on paper. the best line of the day, greg andres, the star witnesses here are the documents. the evidence to all observers, anyone whos watched it from the beginning, is overwhelming. and i think the only possibility -- there wouldnt even be more than one or two holdouts. that is the best hope now, however, for manafort. theres just -- theres just no possi...