The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. There in alexandria, virginia. Joe, bring me up to speed on the trial at this moment. Reporter so, our question, of course, as you said at the top, brooke, is when will crossexamination begin . The assumption is its pretty close. What we do know is that the prosecution has asked a lot of questions and there was a break around, what, 2 30 p. M. Eastern time that was supposed to go until about 2 45 eastern time. The judge told the defense to keep questions and crossexamination sharply focussed. Sort of telegraphing the things to come. Now, lets talk a little bit about the last testimony we heard from rick gates. Hugely important, almost anything he says about the case. I think one of the most interesting points that was brought out by the judge at the very end of that direct
defense . Because cant the defense just say this guy is an admitted liar. This is the guy who should be on trial. And really attacking his credibility .
before they split up because one of them has turned state s evidence, whether the two of them have reaped huge amounts of money, which they did not pay taxes on, which they violated any number of different laws and regulations about because of their greed. that s what will ultimately be before the jury. on the greed, so you have gloria, this battle of two liars. you have the admitted liar and you have the accused liar. ultimately it is the jury who will decide who they believe. right. also don t forget there are documents they ll be looking at. there s an accountant, there s a woman who admitted that she was falsifying documents for paul manafort. the paper trail. right. it s not just that you have one liar against another liar. there are no heroes in this