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charges related to bank fraud, tax charges. so this is the moment where this courtroom will now finally be hearing from manafort s essentially his number two, his former right hand man, rick gates. and gates is the prosecution s key witness. he will be the next person to testify. let s go first to cnn s caris beganel. she is just outside the courtroom in alexandria, virginia. tell me, when will this happen? mere minutes? we have one more witness to finish testified today. that s manafort s accountant. rick gates is the witness that s up next. many of the s attorney said that in court. this all came about as one of manafort s attorneys sort of dropped a bombshell alleging that rick gates embezzleled millions of dollars from paul manafort. he asked the accountant would that have been something she would have looikd to have known. she said she would. he teed all of it up by making it appear that rick gates was the main person he dealt with. and he tried to suggest through his ....
It appear that rick gates was the main person he dealt with. and he tried to suggest through his questioning of her this was all because gates was evading criminality himself. after the prosecution is done with this witness, we willing hearing from rick gates. he has worked with paul manafort for 20 years. we are ptd anding manafort s attorneys to hammer him when they get a chance to. that s likely to occur tomorrow. kara, thank you for the setup. i have people to talk us through what happens when this rick gates moment happens. rick and jessica, great to have both of you on. jessica, let me dive right into this with you. i think in order for everyone following this trial to appreciate how deeply connected these two men have been over ....