The Paul Manafort trial has closed its case. Joining us, julia ainsley. Reporter the defense has rested, andrea. They didnt bring any witnesses. Its important to remember they dont have to bring any witnesses, its the burden of the government to show that beyond a reasonable doubt what Paul Manafort did was criminal. The defense does not have to show anything, to the contrary, hes presumed innocent. If they tried to bring forth character witnesses, it wouldnt do enough for the jury. What they want to do is plant a seed of doubt on every one of these counts, so the bank fraud or tax evasion, they want enough for the jury to say on each of these 16 counts, perhaps thats not the full story, maybe what the prosecution is saying shouldnt be believed because of the way the defense conducted their crossexamination. Yesterday they were somewhat successful in how they crossexamined some people, putting some doubt on whether Paul Manafort actually committed bank fraud, for example. But another k
come down to a question of how loyally and faithfully can you defend president trump. and steve, what are we seeing in some of these key house races? you mentioned the one we got here, after wisconsin, you mentioned the paul ryan seat. there was a lot of talk about this one before paul ryan announced his retirement, because obviously paul ryan, a national figure, and there was a democrat, randy bryce, an iron worker, union activist, he had a viral video a year ago, raised millions of dollars, challenging paul ryan to trade jobs with him. ryan now stepping off the scene, a former ryan aide now favored to get that republican nomination to run. randy bryce facing a democratic prior challenge from a woman named gabby meyers, a teacher in the district. there are some indications that randy bryce, despite that viral video and all the money he raised, he may be in a tough fight in the democratic primary.