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They've essentially stipulated to most of the facts, and i guess their story is going to be that these frauds and the failure to properly fill out tax forms was inadvertent, not intentional, brian. >> i've heard this called a paper case where while it can be on the boring side the feds like a paper case because paper can't get cross examined. having said that where do you think the opportunities are as they go by in realtime for the defense to come back and take jabs? >> i think, brian, on monday afternoon we're going to see the defense cross examine the very same government witness that was o...

You don't get that impression. he is projecting confidence in his blue suit, looking at the jury, participating with his lawyers and seeping like everything is fine. the evidence has been very damning and the defense thus far has been ineffective. they stipulated to most of the facts and i guess their story is going to be these frauds and these failures to fill out tax forms was not intentional. >> i heard them say this is a paper case and further while they can be on the boring side, the feds like a paper case because paper can't get cross examined. having said that, where do you think the op...

Recall the government does not have recourse, the government can't appeal an acquittal because of the double jeopardy clause in the constitution. nonetheless, they're persisting and the evidence is coming in, it's very strong to demonstrate the tax counts as well as the bank fraud. >> one thing i've heard you say since the trial was under way, really at the time the indictments were unsealed, is that this is a paper case, so much damning evidence was included in what we already have seen. what is the importance of the bookkeeper's testimony to understanding the alleged corruption with which ma...

Resentment among the jury is limiting the amount of evidence that the prosecution is being allowed to present in court. it concerns me that the jury may have difficulty understanding the significance of some of the things that are coming in. there's a lot of documents here. today we had the bookkeeper testifying about a lot of documents. and the judge does not allow the prosecution to publish the documents to the jury so they can see it in real time. he says they can read those things later. and same thing with photographs of some of the lavish luxury items that paul manafort bought, you know,...

This first week of the manafort trial is almost over. if you're donald trump and you're donald trump's lawyer and you're watching what's played out in that courtroom over the course of this week with paul manafort, are you worried as donald trump's lawyer? a, are you worried, and b, if you're worried, what are the things you've seen this week that as donald trump's lawyer you would be most concerned about? >> you've got to be deeply worried. like barb says, it's a paper case and you can't cross-examine paper. it says what it says. it's evidence that the jury will have back with them in the jur...