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The defense team had a very aggressive closing argument trying to go after everything the prosecution put forth as well as rick gates himself. >> appreciate it. chief legal analyst and prosecutor jeffrey toobin. is there any chance paul manafort walks? >> i have been wrong before and i was wrong about the o.j. simpson case a couple of decades ago, but this case seems to be a slam dunk. to this day, i don't understand what the defense is in this case. i followed the whole case. the tax returns are false. you can say rick gates is the worst person on earth, the tax returns are lying. the bank ap...

. >> the fact that the defense didn't put any witnesses on the stand, they are not going to put manafort, but did it surprise you they didn't put anybody? >> it's usually the case that the defendants put their case in through the cross-examination of the government's witnesses. it is also usually the case that defendants get convicted. especially in federal court and especially in the northern district of virginia and rocket docket where it's a pro prosecution jury pool upwards of 90% get convicted. in a case like this, i don't see the choice the jury has. >> it does seem smart for the prosecu...

Defendants get convicted. and in a case like this, i just don't see what choice the jury has. >> it does seem smart for the prosecution and sort of the obvious thing to do which is telling the jury put your faith in the documents. if you don't believe rick gates, fine, may be unreliable. the document alone are not. >> that's right. and especially in federal court, the prosecutors use cooperators all the time. and defense attorneys quite appropriately say they're liar, they're terrible people. the government chose these people, and the response is the prosecutors did here is no, no, we didn't c...

Yourself with. >> suddenly omarosa is so terrible. at least donald trump doesn't have to worry at this moment about a prosecution. >> but just in terms of manafort's legal troubles, they have no life after this. there is more. >> oh, yeah, a similar but somewhat different case is due just in a few weeks in the district of columbia in washington. i have my doubts about whether that case will actually go to trial. >> why? >> because i don't believe manafort has the resources or even the will to go through this again. >> you think a plea bargain? >> well, i don't think he has any bargaining power...

Therefore there's something else going on. who would have directed that? >> just to be clear, there is no justification under any circumstance for the white house to be putting out a video of an event that happened and altering it in any way whatsoever, whether it's to their interest or not to their interest, there's only one version of this reality. >> exactly. >> question was asked and answer was proffered. that is the only version that our white house should be putting out on its youtube channel or through any other official government mechanism or medium that exists. >> sit possible that i...