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They paint a very rosy picture of his work as an overseas political consultant, leaving out the dictators he advised and merely saying he promote american values abroad. and basically say that his crimes were not that serious and he should get a break from the judge. >> ber rit, when the feds hear that, can that be antagonistic because his future is in their hands? >> this kind of sentencing memo or response by the manafort team, it can backfire. one of the worries here is that a judge reads this and says this defendant is not really accepting responsibility here. this defendant is minimizing ...

From the manafort lawyer response document? >> well, it's totally the opposite from what prosecutors put out. basically it's all mitigating factors, a lot of personal history, how paul manafort has been a good father, a good brother, a good uncle, things he's done for the community. they paint a very rosy picture of his work as an overseas political consultant, leaving out the dictators he advised and merely saying he promote american values abroad. and basically say that his crimes were not that serious and he should get a break from the judge. >> ber rit, when the feds hear that, can that be...