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And now these latest charges. and this looks really bad, right? i mean, wiring millions of dollars to politicians goes beyond lobbying, clearly. goes beyond bank and tax fraud looking like bribery. were not sure how they worded these criminal charges, but paul manaforts world is crashing in on him and hes 68 years old and facing essentially a life prison term. >> let me ask you something that i put to chuck rosenberg earlier in the show. if you read the manafort statement, man for the today pret...

Crimes under those circumstances. the only thing you cant do is lie. but apparently he did that and opened himself up to further charges. and it really seems like, there was some back and forth in recent days about whether gates was going to plea. there were stories about maybe he was firing his lawyer. and it seemed like it was a close call. at the end of the day, this may have been one of the things to push him over the edge, because this was a clear-cut case. they had him dead to rights on th...

Investigation. >> and josh, of course, this changes the calculus a little bit for paul manafort and does this put a lot more pressure on him to cooperate with robert mueller? >> well, he is clearly frustrated with the statement yesterday that he said that he is disappointed in the former business partner robert gates for pleading, and he was explicitt with the first statement released by the team. the two of them were almost interchangeable, and they were together in all of the business ventu ve...

And it seemed like it was a close call. at the end of the day, this may have been one of the things to push him over the edge, because this was a clear-cut case. they had him dead to rights on the lie and now hes pleading. i want to go back to how frank says this seems like something out of a mafia movie, "the sopranos." robert mueller is approaching this like hes prosecuting the gambino crime family. he did prosecute the gambino crime family back in the 90s. he approved the prosecution of the h...

Was some back and forth in recent days about whether gates was going to plea. there were stories about maybe he was firing his lawyer. and it seemed like it was a close call. at the end of the day, this may have been one of the things to push him over the edge, because this was a clear-cut case. they had him dead to rights on the lie and now hes pleading. i want to go back to how frank says this seems like something out of a mafia movie, "the sopran sopranos." robert mueller is approaching this ...

Love it even more. hello rob manfred, just let us know the minute we can start buying those caps, i know i for one want in on this, and will absolutely tell the world about it. well be back on monday with more "mtp daily." "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. you could do hours on russia today but i know you only have one. breaking news tonight, for two trump aides in legal trouble. guilty for the first time, a top trump campaign aide is pleading guilty in the russia probe, this is not...

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Would be knocked out. >> i want to get michael in before we run out of time. what are you seeing? >> it seems to me there is an evolution in order to get manaforts cooperation. i think while robert is right, this case really doesnt lend itself necessarily to cooperation. it may a little bit pressure gates to make sure that he is cooperating and pleading. i think they want manaforts testimony badly. and thats why i think we saw in court just last week mueller telling the judge that manafort may h...

The same individual said he did not believe gates had information to offer muellers team that would turn the screws on trump. the president has repeatedly calls the russia investigation a witch hunt. michael bennett for the l.a. times and jack sharman, these days financial services during the white water investigation. he is now a criminal defense attorney. jack, id like to begin with you. rick gates guilty plea, what does that say to you, and what will you want to know from it? >> well, it says...

>> well, it says that obviously he is going to testify against mr. manafort if necessary. that is tool to put pressure on his co-defendant to work out his own deal. the indictment and presumably whatever he ends up pleading to are separate from any campaign related issues or russian interference issues. but they could conceivably, if they let mr. manafort whod want to resolve his own case, that could lead to further revelations in that regard. >> and i cant remember the exact wording from the po...