Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180801:02:36:00
So one of the biggest choices the defense team has to make is can we put paul manafort on the stand in his own defense. do we know what they're thinking about that? >> we don't, lawrence. but i think you're absolutely right. and i would be stunned if paul manafort took the stand in this case. particularly because of the mountain of evidence, paper, document evidence that the government has against him. you said it could come down to sort of a contest of who do you believe, paul manafort or rick gates. but the government does not see it that way. he made a point of saying today this case doesn'...