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. special prosecutor robert mueller said he found new evidence of criminal activity against trump campaign chairman, paul manafort last week. and now the "los angeles times" is reporting that manafort's associate, rick gates, a former top aide to both paul manafort in his business and at the trump campaign has reached an agreement with the special prosecutor to plead guilty and become a cooperating witness in the investigation. the indictment of paul manafort and rick gates says that both men for years were unregistered agents of the ukrainian government and hid millions of dollars of ukrain...

The indictment of paul manafort and rick gates says that both men for years were unregistered agents of the ukrainian government and hid millions of dollars of ukraine based payments from u.s. authorities. according to a person familiar with those talks, gates a long-time political consultant can expect, quote, a substantial reduction in his sentence if he cooperates. he said gates is likely to serve about 18 months in prison. joining us now david willman a reporter for the "los angeles times" and also with us is maika oyang. tell us how it's different from

Here we are talking about it. are we falling for their pr strategy? >> no. the clintons have a built in pr strategy. they're the clintons. people are going to cover them. this is clearly a very, very staged rollout. it looks like a presidential campaign more and more every day. at the very least i hope this will put to rest the clinton world claim they should be treated like a private citizens. it seems very much campaigning to me. i think that's how it's going to play out. >> do they say because they're not in office right now they should be treated more like private citizens? >> yeah. i thin...

Gates told politico the failure to do so would have a profoundly negative and dangerous consequences for the united states. not just in the middle east, but around the world both now and in the future. strong words there. gates a republican, served as defense secretary during george w. bush's second term and of course was kept on by president obama. and a programing note. coming up next on "all in with chris hayes," secretary of state john kerry makes the administration's case for military action against syria. coming up now, 45 minutes from now at 8:00 eastern. and we'll be right back.

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