i got to run. have a great weekend. this is cnn tonight. i m don lemon. we have big news to get to on the mueller investigation tonight involving three key players on team trump. first up, we have paul manafort to tell you about. prosecutors want the former trump campaign chairman to get up to 24 1/2 years behind bars for financial crimes, which would amount to a life sentence for a man who is nearly 70, not in great health. they laid out just how serious his crimes were, saying, quote, manafort acted for more than a decade as if he were above the law. let s not forget he s still facing a separate case in d.c. so that s not the end of it. that has prosecutors say in another court filing they have evidence of trump ally and dirty trickster roger stone communicating directly with wikileaks during the campaign. and there s more. we ve learned today that mueller s team has interviewed
california. same thing with the snow pack. this time of the year, we were dealing with 60% of snow pack. right now, guys, we re over 130%. we have an excess of snow pack for the first time in years and it s a nice thing to have. allison chinchar, thanks so much. a terrifying situation here in aurora, illinois. multiple people killed, multiple civilians injured. and five police officers injured by gunfire. robert mueller asking a federal judge in virginia to throw the book at paul manafort argues that the former trump campaign chairman deserves up to 24 1/2 years in prison. for the first time we learned that actually the special counsel s office on the record was investigating roger stone as part of this. sarah sanders was interviewed by the superb council. the president s secretary sat down with the team last year. i could do the wall over longer periods of time. i didn t need to do this but i d
investigation. special counsel robert mueller s team says trump s former campaign manager deserves to spend the rest of his life behind bars. he is 69. money he earns from ukrainian poll tixs. for more, here is evan perez. reporter: paul manafort could spent the rest of his life in prison if a judge follows sentenci sentencing guidelines. they call for 19 1/2 to 24 1/2 years in prison. they convicted the former campaign chairman guilty of crimes including tax and bank fraud. he s turning 70 years old this year. prosecutors say he shouldn t get a break because of his age. he acted for more than a decade as if he were above the law. he pleaded guilty to federal
right. and he actually wrote it. i did. for better or for worse. unlike some folks we know. good evening to both of you. laura, the special counsel prosecutors are saying that manafort deserves up to 24 1/2 years in prison for those financial crimes i talked about. that is a life sentence. what stands out to you? well, the fact that he has lied to special counsel, that he had an opportunity in many respects to have a very favorable recommendation by their team. remember, they already agreed to not pursue the remaining charges the jury was hung on. they weren t going to pursue the other case against him. he really had the best he could possibly hope for when he said, i ll agree to cooperate. i ll have a plea. and you will do what s called an allocution where you don t throw the book at this person. they re cooperative on the back end after the actual conviction. now he s thrown that out, and the consequence is them saying, look, i don t care how old you are. you re going to spend
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