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How did the jurors respond to him? >> the jurors have been laughing periodically at his ent interruptions and i think judge ellis has shown himself to be determined to prevent the trial from becoming too dry and he has repeatedly scolded the government to move it along. once he feels a point has been made, he encourages them to row to something else. and the jury does seem to be kind of getting a kick out of that. they do seem to be tracking the proceedings following them closely. it is a document heavy case, a numbers heavy case. but given all that, they do seem fairly attend difference as do...

The trial of paul manafort underway today with branding the former trump campaign a liar with an extravagant lifestyle. manafort's team planning to blame rick gates. joining me now is laura coats and page pate. good evening to both of you. >> good evening. >> it was all the fault of rick gates and the russian oligarchs. what do you make of manafort's strategy? >> he's grasping at straws. the only defense when you have a document heavy case. documents speak for themselves. the only strategy is ignore the documents and know who is probably the main informant for the government is somebody he can...

Distorting profit and loss statements and overvaluing properties. this is going to be a document heavy case. i fear that it may be boring in some parts. to lead the jury through it the prosecutors have a star witness who is rick gates who is paul manafort's right-hand man who has pleaded guilty. we may not learn very much about russia collusion in this trial, but we will -- it will be reinforced that paul manafort came to the trump campaign essentially broke and that may have made him a ripe target for recruitment by russian intelligence. we will have to see whether he is convicted and whether...

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