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In the case against his former boss, paul manafort. let's get back to our analysts and discuss all of this. phil mudd, what does it tell you about the direction right now of the special counsel's investigation? >> i love this piece. look, i don't think the special counsel will use the word collusion with rick gates. let me give you a couple words he will use. number one, facts. tell me how the campaign was organized, who talked to whom, if there was a meeting organized with kislyak, how would that have been discussed. i want your laptop. i want to see if the facts you're describing are backed ...

According to kaitlyn perez's reporting, gates met with a known russian agent so they want to know everything about that. they want to know when he met with him, why did he meet with him, did he know he was a russian agent at the time, what was the conversation about. don't forget, gates was a part of the campaign. he was manafort's deputy, so this does tie the campaign. again, you don't have to use the word collusion. this does -- it sort of is a solid link between the campaign and russian intelligence. that's really important. >> very significant, david, because gates was the deputy campaign ...