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This whole district in alexandria known as the rocket docket and ellis is pushing them to keep the case moving. in this case ellis thinks it's a matter of fairness, the manafort's not on trial for being rich. >> putting a pin on that one. appreciate it. joining us, katie benner at the new york times. katie, you have a piece out today looking at the broader effects basically of mueller's digging and visibility of the manafort trial, telling you and your colleague lon byibbyists a hunting for advice, saying the phone rings much more often with this question than it did two years ago. so in a wei...

It gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, provides the most wifi coverage for your home, and lets you control your network with the xfi app. it's the ultimate wifi experience. xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. now, to the trial. mueller's prosecutors moving fast in day two of paul manafort's trial which is what's generally required in this rocket docket. in fact, the prosecutors say they're way ahead of schedule on this trial and could rest their case as early as next week. many witnesses may be afraid of mueller's team but the judge there t.s. ellis is not. of course, he's not ...

We expect on the stand today among others daniel rayban. the first witness was another democratic political consultant, tad devine, the chief strategist for the democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders. also on the stand, an fbi agent who is expected to go through the nuts and bolts of what the fbi learned. >> the rocket docket. another big day. joining me now, crime and justice reporter shimon prokupecz and former federal prosecutor in new york's

Courthouse in alexandrialexandr virginia, cnn's jessica schneider. so what did we learn today at the trial? >> anderson, we learned a lot. it was only the first day here, but this courtroom is definitely living up to its rocket docket reputation. they managed to whittle down this jury pool of 65 people down to 12 jurors plus four alternates, and then, of course, we heard the fiery opening statements here. in this, prosecutors shed some light on paul manafort's lavish lifestyle, and they did it by talking about his 30 hidden foreign bank accounts they say existed in three different countries. a...

President's judgment that this is among the people he relied upon for advice, including michael flynn and others in the campaign, none of that will be brought into this trial. i sat through a trial of judge ellis' in northern virginia and he's a tough guy. prosecutors are not going to make those arguments about the judgment of the president having manafort around because it's not relevant to what they're trying to prove here. >> absolutely. and there is a reason why alexandria, virginia, is called the rocket docket. think about what they did yesterday. they picked the jury. they did both openi...