with his instructions. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the evidence in this case is what controls. it s the evidence that comes from that witness stand and it leads to only one conclusion, and that is that mr. manafort is guilty and guilty as charged. one of those sounds very perry mason and one of those doesn t. which? which one? the one that didn t say f bar, which actually might be an fdc banned acronym. the evidence that comes from that witness stand where paul manafort never sat and where no witnesses appeared for the defense. everything you are supposed to take from this case comes from that witness stand. the defense gave you nothing. you know, everybody keeps telling us all the legal experts keep telling us it is not that weird that the defense didn t mount a defense. but the defense didn t mount a defense.
the government has not met their burden beyond a reasonable doubt that mr. manafort knowingly and willfully filed false returns or knowingly or willfully failed to file f bars. he then went on to thank the jury. the last line, the last line from the prosecution. last words the jury has heard from one of the lawyers in the case before the judge took over with his instructions. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the evidence in this case is what controls. it s the evidence that comes from that witness stand and it leads to only one conclusion, and that is that mr. manafort is guilty and guilty as charged. one of those sounds very perry mason and one of those doesn t. which? which one? the one that didn t say f