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Sides. this is going to be a trickier trial for prosecutors, and these three defendants have to be two different trials which is extraordinarily hard to do. we could see plea talks, if so they're going to have to happen soon because these trials are right around the corner. >> they are right around the corner. but we also had this series of ongoing justice department investigations. so what should we be looking for as we approach the new year? >> yeah, kaitlan, three very high profile doj investigations with potential political ramifications. matt gaetz, the congressman from florida, under inv...

Trial after that. there's real risk both ways. this is going to be a tougher case for prosecutors on the one hand, but these defendants are looking at a long time behind bars if convicted. we looked see plea talks in the next few weeks but where is trials are right around the corner. >> next, you have a series of ongoing doj investigations. tell us about your picks. >> yeah, three big ones still going on at doj. florida get some matt gaetz under investigation for potential sex trafficking charges. that case has been going on for nearly a year now. we've still not seen whether doj is going to i...

Of trying to tamper with witnesses after his indictment and that is exactly why he was charged with obstruction about eight months later on june 8th, 2018. manafort has been behind bars since that date. he's been in a virginia jail in solitary confinement and he went to jail to try actually in his virginia case in august. the jury there convicting him on eight counts of bank and tax fraud. there were 18 counts total but the jury deadlocked on the ten other counts that were eventually dismissed. then just a few weeks later in washington, d.c., paul manafort entered into a plea deal with prosecu...

Juvéderm it. talk to your doctor about the juvéderm collection of fillers. and we are back with our national lead now paul manafort back in court and behind closed doors. it centers around secret meetings inside a new york cigar club where cnn reports manafort passed on private campaign data the a man with contacts with russian military intelligence. >> tonight the federal judge overseeing manafort's fate is considering whether he lied to prosecutors during plea talks. if the judge decides manafort died it could impact a stiffer sentence. >> but the questions are still

Appropriate this week. i will get reaction from a congressman. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, let's go to jessica schneider. rea >> reporter: it's in the hands of a judge. she has gone to great lengths to listen to evidence from pr prosecutors. m manafort's attorneys say he didn't intentionally do this. at the heart of this is a meeting where paul manafort seemed to sneak away from trump campaign headquarters to a secret meeting with a pman who has tied to russian intelligence. tonight, a federal judge is weighing whether former trump campaign chairman paul manafort li...