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Manafort is getting more time to prepare for his trial on bank and tax fraud charges. it was set to start this week. chief intelligence corr responsible dents, catherine herridge is live in washington with more on the delay. catherine? >> manaforts legal team asked for more time to go through thousands of records, documents related to the case. the judge in this prosecution in virginia has granted them until july 31. so hes given about a week of wiggle room. this -- the virginia court is known a...

And to that end, in terms of the evolution of this legal case, let me start with one small development that didnt get much attention today. im leading with it not because its the most important, but you may not have heard about it. its a new development in the case of paul manafort, the campaign chair. he is in jail awaiting two different federal trials. the first jurisdiction was washington, d.c. the judge set a date in september. the second jurisdiction in which he was charged was in the easte...

Prosecutors or the defense is comfortable with. in the virginia trial, not only did they set his trial date for july, two months ahead of his d.c. trial date even though he was charged in d.c. first, but the judge in the case sped things along and turned down manaforts request for a delay in the trial and turned down prosecutorss request to be blocked out on the calendar. he said no, you should be able to get this done in one week. fast, fast, fast. he wants to get it done. thats what the judge ...

Who may end up as stipulations in the case, and they have probably given a list of witnesses to the other side as required by the rocket docket of the eastern district of virginia. and i dont think judge ellis would like any delay. so im sure hes glad to give immunity to the witnesses who may or may not appear. >> i get excited when you talk about stipulations. you know that. >> yes, i know. its so exciting for litigators. >> who knew it would ever be national news. youre referring to the proces...

Multiple felony trials in each jurisdiction. the first jurisdiction in which he was charged was washington, d.c. the judge set a trial date for manafort in d.c. in september. the second he was charged was in the eastern district of virginia. even though those charges came second, the eastern district of virginia is known as the rocket docket. they like to go fast. dont ask a judge in the eastern district for a delay in your trial. dont take long recess. dont ask the judge to make it take too lon...

President or to go have attacked a group of roman catholic priests who were helping anti-government protesters trapped inside a church it happened in the sense of a basilica south of the capital managua the attack comes a day after at least fourteen people were killed in a raid by a pro-government. and according to a u.s. government attorney only half of the approximately one hundred children under the age of five have been separated from their parents will be reunited with them by a court order...

With our panel because we know when this is allegedly going to happen. steve hayes, editor and chief for the "weekly standard." mollie hemingway senior editor at "the federalist" and david catanese senior writer for "u.s. news and world report." good to see awful you. so, steve today he says july 9th is a week from monday. we know because they have had this list for a long time. he has already interviewed some of these folks. thats kind of like rocket docket material to pick a justice in a week ...

And the government just does not play around with. and certainly judges across this country take this very seriously. and you can see that by what the judge did here today. she was not pleased at all by any of these allegations. >> no kidding. shimon, stick with me. shan bu, your reaction. >> its very devastating for paul manafort and his legal team. i can tell the judge struggled with her decision. its rare for a white collar person to be held in jail pending the trial, and its going to make it...

More persuasive basis, ill consider it, but for now the 12th of -- no, not the 12th, the 10th of july at 10:00 a.m. with a jury and having that earlier deadline is important. it will focus your minds. it will focus everyones minds on getting this matter done. getting this matter done. eastern district of virginia does have a reputation for going fast. they call it a rocket docket. manafort if youll remember, he was arraigned first in d.c. but hes actually going to get put on trial first in virgi...

Of what happens. well have to see what happened. >> pete williams in our washington newsroom. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> joining me is chuck rosenburg a former u.s. attorney and former senior fbi official. barbara boxer is a former democratic senator from the state of california. chuck, give me your reaction to what just happened with paul manafort. >> katy im not at all surprised and heres why. i grew up as an assistant u.s. attorney and a united states attorney in virginia. the rocket...