of witness tampering piercing paul manafort contacted two former business associates trying to influence what they would say to investigators. in 2013 paul manafort and two men did lobbying work for pro-russian government group in ukraine. prosecutors claim those efforts included lobbying politicians in washington which would be illegal because paul manafort never registered to lobby on behalf of the foreign government. paul manafort attorney claim that never happened. in a court filing this land latest charting. saying from the stand record they conjure a sinister plot to persuade two former business associates to purge themselves of the upcoming trial in september. robert mueller team filed new charges as part of the effort to have the judge revoked paul manafort spell and taken into custody as this plays out. earlier today former doj official says he believes the lawyers will have a hard time keeping him out on bail. >> they will say that he did