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The memorandum, alex, it says manaforts relevant conduct. well, what does it mean by being relevant? well, theres a united states federal statute that says that you look at things that are relevant to the offenses that are before the court. there is no charge, no indictment right now that says paul manafort conspired with the russians, and that is the reason why i believe that mueller didnt include any reference to that. we know that there was this now-infamous havana room meeting that occurred ...

This expected mueller finding could give us key information to manaforts connection to russia. what information are you looking for? >> well, its going to tell us not only about his connections with russia, but its going to tell us everything really that manafort did and said. everything that mueller knows about manaforts background because the judge is required to consider everything about paul manafort when sentencing him. so this is going to be the bible on paul manafort. so theres a lot of i...

Look, im just saying that part doesnt make sense. but lets leave that there. thats one aspect of this. now you get into a what did he do? they believe. we have to see the proof but they say he gave polling data to the russian guy with the connections. okay. then it turns out that the russian trolls that were trying to manipulate message start targeting the same places and faces that the trump campaign did to a certain extent and that leads you to connect a to b and say i wonder if thats what the...

Intelligence officer kilimnik. that has a lot because of him providing that polling data. now that thats public, will mueller feel that he can discuss that? i think he probably wont. that will still be redacted. there will be some public portions of this that will provide new context about his relationship with kilimnik and other russian oligarchs and so forth. >> there are a lot of questions about kilimnik. prosecutors have said that hes at the heart of this investigation. could this case come ...

Explanation of the special counsel to the judge as part of sentencing. but beyond that possibility, i would agree with the comments already made that bob mueller is not going to look at this as an opportunity to reveal more. i think you can expect to see him continue his sort of minimalist approach to revealing information. like i said, with the one exception, if there is unique significance to that meeting, i would, in fact, expect to see it, because i would think the special counsel would want...

That will probably provide new context about his relationship with kilimnik and other russian oligarchs and so forth. >> there are a lot of questions about manaforts contact with konstantin kilimnik, juliette, a man thought to be connected to russian intelligence. prosecutors said that kilimnik is at the heart of this investigation. could this case come down to that relationship? >> it really could. to a certain extent, the relationship between manafort and kilimnik is interesting and it is ongo...

The president will be helpful. so i agree with neil, ironically, trump has been doing things to make the report shorter. fighting the investigation thats going to give congress a lot more space in any kind of impeachment investigation. >> last thing, do you think this manafort pleading, assuming it comes tonight, he has a midnight deadline. do you think this is going to be the definitive tale of why this guy matters in the probe as opposed to his previous life and what he was doing to cover any ...

Robert mueller, garrett graff. theres the book. theres the man. well, the suggestion that this is the one. this is where they have to lay it out. what is the suggestion about what the special counsel would need to show about manafort in the pleading were waiting for? >> this is an opportunity to present a theory of the case. what we have seen so far in so many manafort documents is simply the what. we have seen the actions. the financial transactions, the records, the evidence, but we havent act...

President and didnt find conspiracy to commit federal crimes. everything he said that clears the president will be helpful. so i agree with neil, ironically, trump has been doing things to make the report shorter. thats going to give congress a lot more space in any kind of impeachment investigation. >> last thing, do you think this manafort pleading, assuming it comes tonight, he has a midnight deadline. do you think this is going to be the definitive tale of why this guy matters in the probe a...

Many manafort documents is simply the what. we have seen the actions. the financial transactions, the records, the evidence, but we havent actually seen why. why was he giving that polling data? why was he traveling to madrid to meet with him? what were the conversations? what was the role that paul manafort was playing in that june 2016 trump tower meeting? why was paul manafort working for free in the midst of the trump campaign as he was tens of millions of dollars in hoc to russian oligarchs...