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About something very significant, right? >> right. this is a special counsel investigation. they had a side bar that he sealed. these are all sealed transcripts now. the judge sealing these transcripts, he said hes going to release some of them. obviously the one where they talked about rick gates cooperation and other information hes bron vieen pro the special counsel, thats knot goi -- not going to be made public. up next, a maine democrat wants to throw his republican opponent literally ove...

Investigation? >> it would seem so. the facts there were that the prosecutor -- the defense attorney asked gates essentially how many times did he interview with the special counsel. they said about 20 times. they approached the bench to talk about what was included within the 20 interviews. and that is what was sealed at the prosecutions request because the prosecutor said that relates to ongoing investigations. so surely that does imply, ana, as you suggest that there is an ongoing investigati...

Federal judges and you dont try to pick fights with federal judges. i dont mind that the prosecutors are being aggressive and standing up for their position. i dont know if i would have filed something like that and would have asked for a side bar and say you told the jury -- you said something yesterday could you remind the jury that what you say is not evidence and you dont have an opinion in this case. thats how i would have handled it. >> one of the uncomfortable exchanges and there are many...

To then see the judge consume about five hours today with procedures either being held at side bar or in secret in the judges chambers was a pretty startling development. i would say interesting but at the same time, frustrating because we couldnt get a good idea why the trial had been put into some kind of suspended animation. >> one thing happened was this request from prosecutors for a second time they wanted the judge to correct something that they thought that he got wrong before the jury. ...

If some cases, out of sight? >> it was surprising the way things screeched to a halt. as you were talking about, weve been moving at a break neck pace for prosecutors to keep it short, keep it short, and cut all the witnesses down, sometimes spending half as much time as they intended. to then see the judge consume about five hours today with procedures either being held at side bar or in secret in the judges chambers was a pretty startling development. i would say interesting but at the same ti...

And trump adviser who is a subject in the russia investigation. the prosecution is expected to rest in the trial of paul manafort. over the last week, the jury heard about his wardrobe and offshore bank accounts and lifestyle and doctored loan documents. his long time deputy rick gates has flipped. as the defense prepares to offer its case, a court filing from robert mueller is sending a signal gates is a key in the russia probe. we have more from kara scannell. >> reporter: a new detail in th...

We dont know what was said in that side bar. it seems to suggest that the government wanted to keep it priva private, and it gave under the circumstances one of the first hints that hes not finished with his work for the government after this manafort trial but the next phase of this, the phase weve been waiting for, the question of collusion, muellers not finished with that and gates may be an important source of information on that question. >> gates may be an important source of information. ...

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And trump adviser who is a subject in the russia investigation. the prosecution is expected to rest in the trial of paul manafort. over the last week, the jury heard about his wardrobe and offshore bank accounts and lifestyle and doctored loan documents. as the defense prepares to offer its case, a court filing from robert mueller is sending a signal gates is a key in the russia probe. we have more from kara scannell. >> reporter: a new detail in the special counsels investigation was not reve...

Paul manafort didnt get instead of loans did he get. the government filed a motion. the courts suggestion, however, that the government was unnecessarily spending time on a loan that manafort did not receive undermines the well-established law on conspiracy, undercuts the charge in count 28 and is likely to confuse and mislead the jury. but just now the court graveled back. in there was no apology or explanation from the judge about what he said yesterday or why he took so long to get started to...