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Millions of dollars ended up in the hands of the taliban who then carried out an attack like the suicide bombing against lieutenant colonel cabrera. leland: one of the knocks against you, what happened to these families, the lawyers end up with all the money and families get pennies on the dollar if you prove this case. is there criticism? >> i don't think so. we are offering a contingency fee so we don't get paid unless we are paid in court. what this lawsuit is about is getting some measure of justice for these families and try to hold corporations accountable for the protection payments the...

What's going on. it's going to slow down the other cases through the appeal and you're going to see that the bulk of these cases coming behind are going to be careful about committing to this theory until they know what the court of appeals are going to do with it. >> this is half a billion dollars. the plaintiffs had been seeking $17 billion, so this is 1/34th. do victims' families or victims see any of this? does this go to communities? where does the money go? >> in this case it sounds like what the judge did was he felt there was enough data to give this award for -- i think they called it...

There is no coincidence. boies has about the worst record of ethical charges and ethical alleged violations of any prominent lawyer in american history. people have gone after him for everything. weinstein. he once paid money to witness on a contingency fee. the better the outcome, the more money he would get. he was accused of having to close relationship with a client in giving her free legal advice. one judge in federal court in new york said even a first-year ethics student would know that what boies did was essentially unethical. why is he going after me? i have to tell you. i have a theo...

Prominent lawyer in american history. people have gone after him for everything. weinstein. he once paid money to a witness on a contingency fee. the better the outcome, the more money he would get. he was accused of having to close relationship with a client in giving her free legal advice. one judge in federal court in new york said even a first-year ethics student would know thatrk what boies did was essentially unethical. why is he going after me?nt i have to tell you. i have a theory. i think he's projecting. david boies has a terrible reputation for sexual activities. i have had sex with...

Court today pleading not guilty to fresh ails of money laundering, conspiracy, making false statements about foreign lobbying. the charges are i'll call piling up up really. what do you think his strategy is to get out of the trouble he is? jack, what do you think. >> paul manafort has three path go to trial. i certainly wouldn't take that on a contingency fee. he can hold out for a pardon. i think that a pardon is becoming increasingly dangerous for the president. and he is unlikely to see it happen. >> why is that dangerous? why is that becoming increasingly dangerous. >> it goes to the poin...