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No? >> reporter: yeah, this is huge for them. and it looks like it's going terribly for manafort. there's a mountain of evidence against him now, and it seems like their only chance is to somehow impugn rick gates. but even if they do that and even if the jury discounts everything that gates has said, there's a host of other evidence, including manafort's own tax records and the testimony of his accountants and bookkeepers about these foreign bank accounts, where he had millions of dollars that he didn't pay taxes on, kasie. >> reporter: ken dilanian in alexandria, virginia, thanks for keeping...

Distance himself. he ran the campaign at a critical time leading up to the convention for five months. you travel through parts of the country that support this president so much. do they believe him? do they think paul manafort is not that big a deal in the president's world? >> well, for instance yesterday, i was in ohio, in a rural suburban area outside columbus for covering the special election. there were tons of voters there. i talked to them about numerous things, including manafort and michael cohen and all of this russian thing. they don't pay as much attention to who is running the c...

Ukraine to avoid paying taxes and lying about his debt to secure new loans. manafort's lawyers have been fighting charges for months on two fronts. in addition to the virginia case, manafort is charged with seven other counts in washington, d.c., including failing to register as a foreign agent. that trial is set to start in september. in june, the d.c. district judge revoked manafort's $10 million bail, which included house arrest and sent him to a jail two hours south of washington. the judge scolded manafort after prosecutors said he contacted witnesses in this case and asked them to lie. >...

Times about natalia veselnitskaya. the russian lawyer who met with campaign officials in 2016 and we find out she has kremlin connections. this is long suspected that is now confirmed. how serious of a development do you think this is and what does it mean to the investigation of the special counsel's case. >> i think it is likely that mueller and his team were aware all along, which is why they had an interest already in the meeting. it is one of the first instances where we knew about somebody with a direct connection to russia meeting with members of the campaign -- and manafort was in the ...

Suspected, is there an end game. but i think mueller was already well versed in this area but it does have ramifications. >> and samantha, this is what the russians do. this shouldn't be that surprising. >> standard operating pleaseure. and i don't think anyone is surprised, including manafort and donald trump jr. or kushner. and we've had this woman saying for months that didn't have ties with the kremlin and a lawyer. and then out of nowhere we have this admission that she works with the kremlin. putin had to sanction sher saying that publicly. and so to me this is vladimir putin engaging in...