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Sides. this is going to be a trickier trial for prosecutors, and these three defendants have to be two different trials which is extraordinarily hard to do. we could see plea talks, if so theyre going to have to happen soon because these trials are right around the corner. >> they are right around the corner. but we also had this series of ongoing justice department investigations. so what should we be looking for as we approach the new year? >> yeah, kaitlan, three very high profile doj investi...

Trial after that. theres real risk both ways. this is going to be a tougher case for prosecutors on the one hand, but these defendants are looking at a long time behind bars if convicted. we looked see plea talks in the next few weeks but where is trials are right around the corner. >> next, you have a series of ongoing doj investigations. tell us about your picks. >> yeah, three big ones still going on at doj. florida get some matt gaetz under investigation for potential sex trafficking charges...

Of trying to tamper with witnesses after his indictment and that is exactly why he was charged with obstruction about eight months later on june 8th, 2018. manafort has been behind bars since that date. hes been in a virginia jail in solitary confinement and he went to jail to try actually in his virginia case in august. the jury there convicting him on eight counts of bank and tax fraud. there were 18 counts total but the jury deadlocked on the ten other counts that were eventually dismissed. t...

Juvéderm it. talk to your doctor about the juvéderm collection of fillers. and we are back with our national lead now paul manafort back in court and behind closed doors. it centers around secret meetings inside a new york cigar club where cnn reports manafort passed on private campaign data the a man with contacts with russian military intelligence. >> tonight the federal judge overseeing manaforts fate is considering whether he lied to prosecutors during plea talks. if the judge decides ma...

Appropriate this week. i will get reaction from a congressman. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, lets go to jessica schneider. rea >> reporter: its in the hands of a judge. she has gone to great lengths to listen to evidence from pr prosecutors. m manaforts attorneys say he didnt intentionally do this. at the heart of this is a meeting where paul manafort seemed to sneak away from trump campaign headquarters to a secret meeting with a pman who has tied to russian intelligen...

Jessica schneider is there. whats going on inside? >> well, kate, 29-year-old maria butina who once portrayed herself as a graduate student here in washington, d.c. at american university, now set to enter a guilty plea. that formal entry of the guilty plea not happening just yet, but right now inside the courtroom, the judge is walking her through this process, reminding her that by pleading guilty, she is waiving her rights here. and maria butina said clearly in court, yes, she understands exa...

>> jim, some of that is the question, but muellers team has recently said that at least some of this filing will be public. we just dont know how much. so of course, its jet another day of waiting here in washington for that filing to drop. the special counsels office must tell the judge how they believed paul manafort lied to them during their plea talks and what exactly he lied about. because remember, it was at the beginning of last week when the special counsels team revealed they had called...

The case that paul manafort, the former trump campaign chairman, lied to investigators and breached his plea deal. lets begin with manafort and jessica schneider outside the district court in washington for us. jessi jessica, what are we expecting to learn today? >> well, another day of watching and waiting here in washington. were expecting at any minute, really, that filing from the special counsel could come down. now, prosecutors have to tell the judge why they believe that paul manafort lie...

District court. the one here related to paul manafort. the special counsels team must detail to the judge exactly how they believe that paul manafort lied and what he lied about during these plea talks. remember, it was at the beginning of last week when the special counsels team revealed that they believe that paul manafort has lied about multiple subjects over several different meetings, but in that past two weeks we have been led to wonder what exactly did paul manafort lie about. the questio...

Verify and potentially refute at least some of the information mueller -- i mean, manafort told them. in other words, in theory, mueller knows things that manafort didnt know he knew. cnns jessica schneider joins me now. jessica, muellers team is tight-lipped about what exactly manaforts lies were about, at least so far. >> yeah, jake, muellers team being purposefully vague, only disclosing that there were several lies about various subjects. but prosecutors, theyll be a lot more detailed when t...