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They thought their defense argument was. there's a whole bunch of legal things happening right now related to the special counsel's office. the federal appeal trying to protect this guy, andrew miller from having to testify to the special counsel's grand jury about his connections to roger stone, that federal appeal is being mounted by a well-funded conservative legal outlet. that appeal -- this guy, andrew miller nobody has ever heard of, he apparently works as a house paintner st. louis. but his appeal is a bigger deal than he is. his appeal appears to be a sort of stalking horse, a vehicle ...

>> well, there are limits on final argument. we'll see how strict this judge wants to be. but it becomes difficult at certain points to argue things that were never in any way put in evidence. and that's to me -- it sounds like the defense argument is going to have to be things that were not put in evidence, but that's what we're going to find out tomorrow. >> exactly. thank you, my friend. >> thank you, rachel. what is wrong with donald trump? what is wrong with the president of the united states? that is what most of america is wondering today. after the president of the united states tweete...

That's the argument being made by the defense, arguing that the bribery scheme selling high profile job offers in the federal government, that scheme was so effective, it rendered the bank fraud moot. the bank president would have opened the door and let him take whatever he wanted to be secretary of the army. you realize how cool that is to run the whole army? that was the defense argument. you will see how that worked out in a second. i have that from the transcript, but there is i think one last big consequence for us as americans watching this trial unfold involving involving the campaign ...

Cross-examination -- i'm going to get this exactly. there was? discussion of was paul manafort's signature on financial documents really his signature? conceivably in closing arguments they could raise the issue that everything that it looks like paul manafort signed was actually secretly signed by big evil rick gates and he's the real criminal and paul manafort had no idea. like i could see maybe they'll make that claim. but you're right, in terms of the documentary evidence they're not refuting the documents. they may mount some late effort to refute that he really signed off on those docume...

Broke into the bank vault but the bank president would have opened the door for him and let him take whatever he waned. dude thought he was going to be secretary of the army. he would get to run the whole army. that was the defense argument. so you'll see how that worked out in court today in a second. i've got that bit from the transcript. but there is i think one last big consequence of this for us just as americans watching this dramatic trial unfold involving the president's campaign chair. while that president is still in office. it's not necessarily about the exact charges that manafort ...