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Of zero to six months. the judge was free to go above that if the judge found good cause to do so. most often, alex, with a person with this sort of a crime with no criminal history whatsoever, they actually don't receive a sentence. here mueller's prosecutors went to court and asked for a custodial sentence which might not sound like a lot to us, but we're not the ones who have to go into federal custody for 14 days. and of course, there are all sorts of collateral consequences for conviction. including loss of rights to vote. your inability to own a firearm. >> is there anything that suggest...

Subpoena the president. i know there's a lot of hay that's made about whether you can subpoena the president because most other presidents have succumb to a subpoena. but at this point in time we're at the stage where mueller has in his power that he tried to exercise and negotiate in good faith doesn't seem to get reciprocity happening on the other side of the table. a court will look at that particular issue and say, well, they have tried to get the information from you in other ways. they look at corroborating voices. those have not been fruitful or not been comprehensive enough. therefore ...

This as the first time as a jury member and are trying to figure out what to do. >> so michael, president trump says this trial has nothing to do with him. what do you say to that? >> i think he's -- that's probably fake news, and i'd say i think at the end of the day what's happening is mueller is laying out the case where he's talking about money. we've said for a long time if they did to trump. i think you're seeing the rope tighten around him a little bit. in fact, it's going to be a money case. that's going to be where did the money come from? here mueller is laying out the first chapter ...

This is just the start. i think you'll start to hear as other defendants are charged what happened. we haven't heard from mike flynn in a while. there's a reason he's being quiet and hasn't been sentence pd. that's because she's cooperating. >> jack, court filings show the special counsel's office is almost three times the number of exhibits for the next manafort criminal trial in d.c. what does that tell you about mueller's preparation? >> his preparation is doubtless, exquisite, but to this earlier point, i want to emphasize something. the idea that this is not about the president, i mean, i...

Fact, this is going to be a money case. that's going to be where the money come from. here mueller is laying out the initial story, the first chapter in the book about money coming in that deals with manafort. at the end of the day ask yourself the question, how is paul manafort getting this money from foreign governments and helping them launder it, how does he end up being the top dog in the trump campaign in that doesn't happen out of the blue. i think this is chapter one. mueller knows what's chapter 2 just like you know what's chapter 20 at the end of the book. this is just the start. i t...