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Welcome back. we are getting a better idea of the case the special counsel will be presenting next week against president trump's former campaign chairman. paul manafort's trial is the first trial of the overall mueller effort. he's pleaded not guilty to charges of bank and tax fraud. make no mistake he could die in prison if convicted of all he's accused of. the special counsel's office has now released a list of more than 500 pieces of evidence that could be introduced at trial. much of it speaks to manafort's decidedly high end lifestyle. jurors may be getting a look at among other things p...

Contact with these folks is not enough, but we only have a small collection of the communications he's had with them, and we know that we were talking about stolen e-mails. we're talking about things gotten through criminal activity. so pushing that out there is a real question about his legal jeopardy. >> and jeremy, about the mueller effort, what are your unanswered questions? and you must view this at a time we had gone a long time since we last heard from the mueller effort, this is further proof they're doing a very thorough job. >> they are, brian. i think the biggest question hang out t...

He's had with them, and we know we were talking about stolen e-mails. we're talking about things gotten through criminal activity. so pushing that out there is a real question about his legal jeopardy. >> and jeremy, about the mueller effort, what are your unanswered questions? and you must view this at a time we had gone a long time since we last heard from the mueller effort, this is further proof they're doing a very thorough job. >> they are, brian. i think the biggest question hang out there with respect to the activities during the campaign is there direct evidence -- is there direct evi...

There is a real question about his legal jeopardy. >> and about the mueller effort, what are your unanswered questions. you must view this at a time where we have gone a long time. this is further proof they are doing a very thorough job. >> they are. i think the biggest question hanging out there. is there direct evidence he knew about the trump tower meeting? there is circumstantial evidence. the question is there direct evidence and if so, does knowledge and kind of a thumbs up and i love it, does that institute sort of enough of an encouragement to utilize that information? donald trump re...

Cost of, let's say, the mueller investigation. phillip bump did price comparisons recently based on publicly available numbers. he reports that through the end of march, the cost of the mueller effort has been $16.7 million. by comparison, the president's 17 trips to mar-a-lago have run up a tab of $17 million thus far. remember, at a million dollars a throw, mar-a-lago is a big ticket travel item. it means air force one down and back, motorcades to and from, offshore security by the coast guard and thanks to the secret service, state police and local cops. it could be argued the mueller inves...