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Closing arguments just wrapped in the trial of jussie smollett. pr prosecutors spoke for two hours before the defense team took over. >> the actor faces six counts for staging a racist homophobic attack against himself. cnn's omar jimenez joins us from chicago. each side is accusing the other side of putting liars on the stand. what were the key arguments, would you say, from each side? >> reporter: well, victor, alisyn, after nearly three years this criminal trial of jussie smollett is set to head to the jury. they're getting their instructions right now. the defense in their closing argument...

Currently awaiting the june 25th sentence. his attorneys are pushing for a court intervention here to improve those conditions inside of the basically it's an ten by eight foot windowless cell that's been held in in this facility. in new york city. however, prosecutors here are arguing that if you give this individual the requested two hours of a week for outdoor recreation, there are various concerns here. the first is that the only recreation alia at that facility is a rooftop that's covered with a wire mesh. pr prosecutors argue aing he could find it easy to communicate with individuals sur...

House. maybe donald trump would not because he's such an out the box president. i don't see him being against pawn manafort. >> is that what are you suggesting? >> listen, the presidential power of klclemency, there is a part in there of the idea o of -- there are things that a president can do. manafort committed real crimes and the president's team has to look at this of what it really is. >> this question of whether he tugt have known each other, this is laid out with someone with that level of sophistication, as i believe an attorney is someone who ought to have known better, not just in t...

Appropriate this week. i will get reaction from a congressman. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, let's go to jessica schneider. rea >> reporter: it's in the hands of a judge. she has gone to great lengths to listen to evidence from pr prosecutors. m manafort's attorneys say he didn't intentionally do this. at the heart of this is a meeting where paul manafort seemed to sneak away from trump campaign headquarters to a secret meeting with a pman who has tied to russian intelligence. tonight, a federal judge is weighing whether former trump campaign chairman paul manafort li...

Aggressive moves or moves we can see as outsiders from prosecutors in the southern district of new york. there have been reports that pr prosecutors in the eastern district of new york have been interested in the prospect of it getting funneled into the inaugural committee. do they have to deconflict with multiple prosculator's offices or is there a central way you're doing twhat the justice department? how do you avoid stepping on each other's toes? >> that's what we have to do. we have to deconflict and now with more than one office and entity. and what may be going on here is you may be exp...