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There, arent they? >> absolutely, wolf. its not only the rocket docket, but judge ellis is particularly known to have minimal patience for any kind of theatrics. hes a by the book, get to the point kind of judge. hes a prosecutors judge in the form of he will not tolerate the sort of drama that sometimes defense counsels like to bring to the table. we do our thing when were on the defense side. so not only is it a fast jurisdiction, but this judge will move things along. i would not be surprised...

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This is the rocket docket. this case will not take three weeks. it may not even take two. >> we also have the question during the convention how the platform was changed to be more pro-ukrainian, and the question of manaforts influence over that. so that does affect donald trump and the campaign. >> its interesting, caitlin, as you know the president has been saying for months and months and months, there was no koolution, no collusion. now hes going one step further, echoing rudy giuliani and s...

Editor and chief of law fair. and barbara mcquaid is an attorney in michigan and nbc and msnbc news contributor and we will start with you, ken. the jury has been seated, and that is a quick seating for the jury. usually, it takes a few days. >> yeah, it was surprising, katy. this district in the eastern district of alexandria is known as the rocket docket which is a reference to civil case, but it moved fast in the courtroom. judge ellis sped it along. there was a pool of 65 potential juror jur...

Lets not hear about ukraine. >> pete williams, we know you have a lot to work to do with our sister broadcast at 6:00. joyce, youve been on the prosecutions side. first of all, we went from jury selection, opening statements and our first witness in a days work. a bunch of us didnt expect that much today. >> its a surprise in the district of virginia with its notorious rocket docket. even trying to ferret out things and find for-cause strikes, jurors who might have reasons where prosecutors woul...

Case. i think jeff and phil asked the right question which is what is the defense, particularly where theres a cooperator that will say that was manaforts account. this strikes me as an incredible difficult case for manafort to beat, and when you talk about paper cases, you follow the money and the trail and you have a criminal prosecution that more often than not is successful. as to the time, i mean, each count can be up to 30 years. he is looking at a lot of exposure in federal prison for a c...

Here, the foreign bank accounts, does add an element of subterfuge and an element of intentioniality here that makes this seem exotic and somewhat beyond the pale. maybe there are other people who shave paying their taxes here and there but they may not have dozens and dozens of overseas bank accounts that are funding their lavish lifestyle. >> and it allows prosecutors to say this was a deliberate thing, not just corner cutting. rachel has reported the so-called rocket docket. this could take a...

Subterfuge and element of intentionality here that makes this seem kind of exotic and somewhat beyond the pale. maybe there are other people who shave paying their taxes here or there but they may not have dozens and dozens of overseas bank accounts that are essentially funding their lavish lieu of style. >> right. and it allows prosecutors under your analysis to say look, this was a deliberate deceptive thing, not just proverbial corner cutting. you mentioned the judge wanted to speed it up. ra...

Was a really deliberate, deceptive thing, not just a proverbial corner cutting. you mentioned the judge wanted to speed it up. rachel has reported on what that means down there on the so-called rocket docket, although this one could take a while. well be watching it with you and probably calling on you again, josh gerstein, thank you for being here. >> my pleasure, ari, any time. it has been a busy week, a lots happened, but something that should have been resolved last night actually is a ver...

Counsel team. it appears that the manafort team got the new documents just recently and they had asked a judge for more time. were told that perhaps that these documents were sitting in another attorneys office and thats how the manafort team came into contact with us and now that they have it, they need more time to review it. they said there was good reason on both sides to delay the start of the trial. the judge was hoping to get jury selection underway on wednesday. when you think about this...