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Jessica schneider is there. what's going on inside? >> well, kate, 29-year-old maria butina who once portrayed herself as a graduate student here in washington, d.c. at american university, now set to enter a guilty plea. that formal entry of the guilty plea not happening just yet, but right now inside the courtroom, the judge is walking her through this process, reminding her that by pleading guilty, she is waiving her rights here. and maria butina said clearly in court, yes, she understands exactly what this process is about, and she's prepared to enter that guilty plea. you know, maria buti...

>> jim, some of that is the question, but mueller's team has recently said that at least some of this filing will be public. we just don't know how much. so of course, it's jet another day of waiting here in washington for that filing to drop. the special counsel's office must tell the judge how they believed paul manafort lied to them during their plea talks and what exactly he lied about. because remember, it was at the beginning of last week when the special counsel's team revealed they had called off all cooperation with paul manafort, saying he had lied on a variety of subjects in several...

The case that paul manafort, the former trump campaign chairman, lied to investigators and breached his plea deal. let's begin with manafort and jessica schneider outside the district court in washington for us. jessi jessica, what are we expecting to learn today? >> well, another day of watching and waiting here in washington. we're expecting at any minute, really, that filing from the special counsel could come down. now, prosecutors have to tell the judge why they believe that paul manafort lied during their plea talks and what exactly he lied about. because remember, it was at the beginnin...

District court. the one here related to paul manafort. the special counsel's team must detail to the judge exactly how they believe that paul manafort lied and what he lied about during these plea talks. remember, it was at the beginning of last week when the special counsel's team revealed that they believe that paul manafort has lied about multiple subjects over several different meetings, but in that past two weeks we have been led to wonder what exactly did paul manafort lie about. the question will be in these filings. will the special counsel reveal what he lied about. and the key questi...

Verify and potentially refute at least some of the information mueller -- i mean, manafort told them. in other words, in theory, mueller knows things that manafort didn't know he knew. cnn's jessica schneider joins me now. jessica, mueller's team is tight-lipped about what exactly manafort's lies were about, at least so far. >> yeah, jake, mueller's team being purposefully vague, only disclosing that there were several lies about various subjects. but prosecutors, they'll be a lot more detailed when they submit their sentencing memo to the judge, and that's when we could learn the details of w...