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The president is going to continue as it had with the sort of letters back and forth or whether there'll actually be a subpoena, whether robert mueller actually goes forward and subpoenas the president to appear before him. and that's the big question mark at this hour. whether that delay is because of the manafort trial, i have no idea. clearly part of the mueller special counsel team is focused on that trial because they're prosecuting manafort. but i think the people focused on that are different than the people dealing with the inquiry into the president. >> much obliged tonight. for an ex...

Time in court only to affirm to the judge he did not wish to take the stand. manafort as you know has pleaded guilty to 18 counts of tax and bank fraud. while unrelated to election interference, manafort's prosecution is the first to come from the mueller's effort. the day's proceeding started after yet another hours long delay. we don't know exactly what the reason was, but we do know the judge spoke to the jury in private. during the hearing the details of which have been sealed. with us for more tonight josh gerstein, who was inside the courtroom for today's proceedings. he happens to be se...

Subpoenas the president to appear before him. and that's the big question mark at this hour. whether that delay is because of the manafort trial, i have no idea. clearly part of the mueller special counsel team is focused on that trial because they're prosecuting manafort. what i think the people focused on that are different than the people dealing with the inquiry into the president. >> much obliged tonight. thank you all very much. and coming up about that manafort trial, lawyers preparing now for closing arguments after the defense calls it quits after calling no witnesses. what we'll be...

To learn more about the community wildfire safety program and how you can help keep your home and community safe, visit pge.com/wildfiresafety mr. manafort just rested his case, and he did so because he and his legal believe that the government has not met its burden of proof. thank, everyone. >> that was it. paul manafort's lawyer today summing up his team's decision to rest its case without calling any witnesses, that would include manafort himself. the president's former campaign chairman did speak for the first time in court only to affirm to the judge he did not wish to take the stand. ...

It's interesting the defense's decision not to put on any evidence or witnesses. what that may be about their closing statement. it could mean they're looking more at sort of a 30,000 foot argument trying to pin the blame for all this alleged wrongdoing on rick gates. it seems if they really wanted to get down in the weeds on all these counts they would want to put forward some expert or some witness on the tax charges. i think there are some technical arguments. i don't believe they're going to make those arguments now on the other side of the table. >> counselor, let's go out to you in los a...