transparency in this unprecedented situation and he set in motion essentially a process where the justice department can come and propose redactions to this crucial document that backs up that search and seizure at mar-a-lago last monday. so during this hearing there was a media lawyer advocating for transparency here, saying the judge is in the place of the media, in the place of the public and becomes the gatekeeper here for what is released widely. but the judge also was hearing from the justice department, from jay bratt, the head of counter intel, one of the top attorneys that we know has been working on this investigation. and one of the things that bratt emphasized is that this is an ongoing criminal investigation that needs to be protected, there s grand jury activity described in that affidavit, there are several witnesses whose interviews with the fbi or with the grand jury are also described in that affidavit, that it does have extensive information about the inves
A news and interview program, anchored by Erin Burnett. Have Breaking News about President Trumps former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. His righthand man rick gates face a grueling crossx admitting to an afarks a secret life, and lie after lie about money. And the question now is who will jurors believe, the acued liar Paul Manafort or the admitted Liar Rick Gates . Cara scan nell is outside the courthouse. How did it go for manafort . Well, manafort was really trying to put Rick Gates On Trial today. His Defense Lawyers were Hammering Gates about his lies about his admitted lies to the special counsels office, about false filings and Bank Accounts that gate had done in his own personal life, and really they were putting the focus on whether he embezzled from Paul Manafort. And there was a bit of a jockeying between gates and manaforts Defense Lawyer about where the money came from. Gates was not making many admissions. At various times he said he couldnt recall things whereas on dir
have breaking news about president trump s former campaign chairman paul manafort. his right-hand man rick gates face a grueling cross x admitting to an afarks a secret life, and lie after lie about money. and the question now is who will jurors believe, the acued liar paul manafort or the admitted liar rick gates? cara scan nell is outside the courthouse. how did it go for manafort? well, manafort was really trying to put rick gates on trial today. his defense lawyers were hammering gates about his lies about his admitted lies to the special counsel s office, about false filings and bank accounts that gate had done in his own personal life, and really they were putting the focus on whether he embezzled from paul manafort. and there was a bit of a jockeying between gates and manafort s defense lawyer about where the money came from. gates was not making many admissions. at various times he said he couldn t recall things whereas on direct examination he had very good memory. but some
has to say later today. the president himself has said that on camera. before you go, i thought it was fascinating or very telling what ty cobb said last night and gave us in response to all this. it was not a denial. right. it s not a denial. no one has denied it at all. they re pushing forward that they re cooperating with mueller s investigation. that has been the narrative that the white house has been pushing under the new lawyers when trump threatened to fire mueller, he was being represented by a different legal team. they ve put forth they re cooperating. they said 20 white house officials who interviewed with mueller, eight from the white house counsel s office and they re currently in negotiations about whether the president will or won t sit before mueller and answer questions. that decision we expect to be made in the next few weeks. cara scan nell, great reporting. thank you very much. let s pause for a second. timing matters a lot. let s take a step back. let s reme