Happening to him. Hes a hate news monger. Hes being challenged in court for things hes done. I do think this is another example of how these companies are struggling to figure out how to handle content on their platforms. Its harder than having an algorithm decide what to do. And what is the policy moving forward. Unclear. Appreciate it. Thank you all for being with me. Im poppy p py harlow in new yo. Next hour starts now. Hello, everyone, here is a question for do you believe an admitted liar or an accused one . That is exactly what jurors are face floodinging today in a Vid Courtroom as the star witness is back on the stand in the trial against Paul Manafort. So far Rick Gates Has been telling the court a riveting tail of betrayal, theft, and years of financial fraud. And while there is nothing here about what either man did for
the trump campaign, this is the first trial to come out of the Special Counsels russia investigation, and theyre back at it now. Joe johns is outside the cou
that s where we are. back to you. and more to come. joe, thank you very much. court continues. joining me, crime and justice reporter shimon porcupez, and cnn legal analysts and former federal prosecutors. thanks all for being here. renata, first to you, how is the gates testimony going so far? like how would you how would you grade this? it s going very well for the prosecution. i think at this point if we re grading on a curve, we d give him an a. they have obviously gates has problems, you alluded to that earlier in the show. whenever you have a flipper, cooperator, they re going to have problems. they re somebody who s committed a crime. here gates is you know, admitted to lying under oath. he admitted to lying to the fbi. so that is something that jurors are going to have to consider. but the that has been fronted by the prosecutors. in other words, they have put that out there there for the jury so it takes the sting out