us in al saexandriaalexandria, minute. we know his lawyers are going to be asking a judge to delay the start set for wednesday of his criminal trial in virginia. manafort was swept up in the robert mueller russia investigation, charged with bank and tax fraud. i'm joined by harvard law professor dershwitz, authored of "the case against impeaching trump." thank you for being back on the show. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> let's talk through this manafort trial. is there any compelling argument that the defense team could make to delay the start of it, or is this just one of the last-ditch, hail marys that any defense lawyer would throw, that has no shot? >> none of us noy knows what th allegations are concerning a delay, but let's keep our eye on the ball. this case is not about paul manafort. judge ellis himself said the government really has no interest in these tax evasion cases or other cases. this is an attempt to squeeze him, to make him sing, or in the