Page 24 - Polling Information News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Russia. there was absolutely none. the judge -- i mean, for whatever reason, i was very honored by it, also made the statement that this had nothing to do with collusion with russia. >> a quick fact check. the judge, he did not say there was no collusion. he did say that the charges manafort was being sentenced for were not related to collusion. it benefits the president to insist no collusion, no collusion, no collusion. >> of course it does. this has been his strategy from the outset. it's true that manafort has not been charged with sort of activity directly related to the russia collusion ...

In terms of strategic communication i think it's done by the president. >> the president was very sympatheticic sympathetic manafort. i think it has been a very tough time for him. do you feel very badly for manafort that got a nearly four year sentence? he could have gotten 25 years. >> i don't feel badly at all. he goes through probation. what does he say? he comes up with an agreement. he says i will violate it. he goes before courts in the district of columbia. both say you're guilt dptsy. he could have said i know what happened during the campaign including why i provided polling informat...

Conspi conspiracy. apparently he didn't. as you know, ari, none of the major questions we have about paul manafort, whether he colluded and provided polling information that found its way to the russians, none of that is going to be answered in this hearing, but what is going to be answered is how long paul manafort is going to spend in prison, at least in this virginia case. as you said, the guidelines call for up to 24 years. nobody thinks ellis will go that high. it's not looking good for manafort. he seems to be losing on every key point that could argue for a lower sentence. >> what does ...

That it is within his purview. i think the question though is what we are seeing forem manafo and the links and the ties he has to the russians and the financial crimes he committed and found guilty for. will they connect in some way to directly trump campaign? we have not seen that quite yet. other than the allegation that he was passing poll numbers about trum p campaign to kilimnik. if an individual who is or was the campaign chairman is directly sharing that regardless of how significant the polling data is. perhaps, we'll see it at the end what the action will know. >> michael, you know m...

Kremlin-linked attorney. they had worked together in part apparently at fusion gps as well, working on some russia-related issues. he was at that meeting. he also has apparent ties to russian military intelintellige. his people pushed back and said he served in a unit which supported military intelligence so there's a lot of nebulousness there. but he is -- a lot of people see him as the most direct conduit between russia and what was happening in the trump tower meeting. >> he's sort of a washington figure. he had been a lobbyist, lobbied for russian interests if i'm not mistaken. >> that's r...