Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. And cause significant negative economic consequences for iran. And from intern to loyal deputy to arch nemesis, Rick Gates Set to face the heat from the lawyers it had as they crossexamine the former Campaign Aide one day after his testimony. He sat in the alex andrea, virginia courtroom on monday. Manafort glared at him from the defense table. Theyll likely paint him as an untrust worthy testify interested character. Take a look at just what rick gates did and what he said about manaforts crimes and his own. Remember that, and his own. Hes no good guy. He said he had a total of 15 Foreign Companies owned by manafort from the United States government. Companies gates said z Russian Oligarchs paid millions into,
was asked about a meeting between manafort and members of congress that took place years earlier. A meeting gates falsely claimed never actually happened. In his testimony, he admitted to the lie, but point
in handing down manafort s sentence, the judge made clear the charges were unrelated to allegations of collusion. she said quote the no collusion refrainment runs through the entire defense memo unrelated to matters at hand. the no collusion is a non seq.ulater, meaning it has nothing to do with this case. and he falsely ruled the judge ruled there s no evidence of collusion. judge jackson conceded there was absolutely no evidence of russian collusion in this case. so that makes two courts, two courts have ruled no evidence or collusion of any russians. that lawyer s remarks echoed a similar misleading claim by the president last friday when he are peated again today. let s hear it. it was a hoax. it was all a bug hoax and now you re seeing it.
was asked about a meeting between manafort and members of congress that took place years earlier. a meeting gates falsely claimed never actually happened. in his testimony, he admitted to the lie, but pointed out his plea deal depends on his honesty in court, trying to inoculate himself from any challenges. it s going to be a heavy day. joining me retired navy counter intelligence operator. and my dear friend former fbi official chuck rose enberg. how bad is gates testimony? he is not a credible guy. he s a criminal. but criminals tend to hang out with other criminals, bank robbers with others, fraudsters with fraudsters. so, from the perspective of a federal prosecutor, this happens all the time. we put on, in evidence, conspirators, those who worked with the criminal on trial.
and they detail what they themselves did, just as mr. gates is doing now. so, is it important testimony? absolutely. is it determine in aative? probably not. because remember this is a paper case. we have bank records and tax return that is wicorroborate wh he is saying. this is not good for mr. manafort. we should also remind the audience paul manafort getting money funneled from russian oligarchs, hiding money from the u.s. government and the irs. this was the man selected to be the campaign chair for president trump s campaign. remember, president trump loves to say it. he hires only the best people. a guy who is hiding money from the u.s. government. chuck, i also want to ask you about the judge here. he seeps to ms to be giving the prosecutors a really hard time. well i was a prosecute ear in that courthouse for many years.
and cause significant negative economic consequences for iran. and from intern to loyal deputy to arch nemesis, rick gates set to face the heat from the lawyers it had as they cross-examine the former campaign aide one day after his testimony. he sat in the alex andrea, virginia courtroom on monday. manafort glared at him from the defense table. they ll likely paint him as an untrust worthy testify interested character. take a look at just what rick gates did and what he said about manafort s crimes and his own. remember that, and his own. he s no good guy. he said he had a total of 15 foreign companies owned by manafort from the united states government. companies gates said z russian oligarchs paid millions into,