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Manafort is he handed private polling data to a russian operative >> to help the russians interrupt our campaign. >> and the judge in d.c. found out he lied about that. this is a thug and he needs be put under the jail and this judge did exactly the opposite. >> the headlines tomorrow in the paper. i still think of the paper the next day what its going to be. light sentence for manafort. >> no question. >> hey, must have been pretty innocent. right? this is no big deal. four years he knocked off...

You know, as personally related to russian intelligence interfering in the election, that reference in manaforts case and the fact that it was supposed to stay redacted, it does raise questions about manaforts involvement with russian intelligence during the campaign. as "the new york times" nutted it up today, quote, the special counsels office had wanted that information kept out of the public eye to protect an open investigation. what open investigation? quote, it remains unclear why mr. kili...

Them in their broader investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election. and there are all sorts of plot points. his relationship with constantine kilmnik. the polling data that was esupposed to go to ukrainian oligarchs and perhaps others. and it was clear from the unsealed transcripts of hearings and judge amy burnl jacksons court room that the mueller people regard this one meeting on august 2nd, 2016, where manafort is with kilmnik and theyre at cigar club in manhattan and pass the ...

However, bob mueller will get the last laugh. when he talk said about the havana room meeting, the cigar bar where manafort is giving over polling data, that is circumstantial evidence of a conspiracy to defraud the united states tode undermine our free d fair elections.ed everybody has confused the silence. hes saving the best and biggest charge for last. a conspiracy indictment is coming. and dont be surprised if we see paul manafort on the unusual hat trick of federal cases. >> what would you...

And then they say as part of one of manaforts criminal schemes somebody obtained personal contacts and confidential congressional information from congressional staff. well, who has access to congressional staff from whom they can secretly obtain confidential congressional information? i mean, cut that have to be -- i mean, who has access to congressional staff and congressional information? is that a member of congress? is that a congressional staffer? thats left dangling in the manafort filing...

Russian intelligence, you know, as potentially related to russian intelligence interfering in the election, that reference in manaforts case and the fact that it was supposed to stay redacted, it does raise questions about manaforts involvement with russian intelligence during the campaign. as "the new york times" said today, the special counsels office had wanted that information kept out of the public eye to protect an open investigation. what open investigation? quote, it remains unclear why ...

Should unseal these documents. >> we know one thing about that. the idea that he provided polling data or information to kilimnik who has a tie to the kremlin. theres that core argument being made about why the initial indict mrments may not have included a discussion on collusion, which was the mandate of mueller. it included things that would circle around that issue. you have that. remember, talking about a plea agreement, the reason its important is because its about a bargain. you get somet...

Susan, it was a big win for the special counsel, robert mueller, when manafort was convicted. he was convicted on various counts, five counts tax fraud, two counts bank fraud, one count hiding foreign bank accounts from federal authorities, next week, convicted of conspiracy to commit witness tampering, conspiracy to his illegal ukrainian lobbying and money laundering. what connection, if any, does this have with muellers russian probe? >> we dont know yet. i think its a win for the special coun...

Drawing this attention, paul manafort really put himself in that courtroom. >> laura, it looks like maybe the biggest mistake he made in his life was going to work for the trump campaign. >> and theres still so many open questions that susan has said many times, about how this fits into the larger story of potential collusion that mueller was supposed to be investigating, between the trump campaign and the russian government. remember, manafort was one of the original four. when the fbi first op...

Where are we now that the goal posts have so moved from collusion has been established. it took place between paul manafort, who handed -- we dont know exactly what kind of polling data, but clearly more than like the quinnipiac top line, to a russian-associated operative? were not talking anymore about whether or not the trump campaign chairman was in contact and coordination with the russians. were not talking about whether or not the platform changes clearly benefited putin. they did. were no...