Todd whitman is my guest. Lets if out front. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Breaking news, a shrewd leader, how President Trumps lawyers are painting Paul Manafort. A jury of six men and six women listening as hewellers team outlined its case describing manafort as a con artist who ran a global scheme to avoid paying millions in taxes. Prosecutors say manafort made 60 million in ukraine and that he didnt report to it the irs. They say he had 30 Bank Accounts in just three Foreign Countries which he used in part to store untaxed income to spend on luxury goods like range rovers, a watch costing 21,000, a 15,000 custom made ostrich jacket. Who doesnt need one of those, right . The defense hitting back saying manafort is the victim that he was taken advantage of by the man he trusted most rick gates, his right hand man in ukraine and his deputy in the trump
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A news and interview program, anchored by Erin Burnett. Admitted to lying about and cheating. It doesnt get more clear than that. Is manaforts bet at this Point Go For Pardon from the president . Or is it what, have people think gates is a worse liar . Whats the strategy . I mean, the pardon play is a lot of moves out here. So i think the strategy seems to be to run down gates to say, you know, i was just a patsy. I wasnt that hands on, which was contradicted by his own bookkeeper and i was the victim of gates nefarious activity. The problem is here, first of all, everybodys dirty. This is only the best people, erin. As we say. Only the best people. But it also really does show the way that the International Political consultant class really has become a grift. These folks, really, they talk about populism, they use it as a political strategy, but they are making more money than most working folks will ever see in their life in a year and still go broke. Thats how corrupt and incompete
Erin Burnett stays ahead of the headlines, delivering a show that is indepth and informative. Also on this, just breaking tonight, minutes ago, the Associated Press is reporting that the National Enquirer kept a safe with documents on hush money payments and other killed stories that were damaging specifically to trump. A safe. Do you know anything about that . I actually dont know anything about it. I havent been at the company for quite a while. But then again, it wouldnt surprise me. Because when you have ammunition, it gives you a lot more ability to get to people who you want david pecker owns a stable of publications. Its not just the National Enquirer. And theres actually been stories of him using killing a story in the enquirer to get someone to do something with his other publications. So. All right. So carrie, lets talk about the law here. At the same time the National Enquirer was catching and killing these stories about trump, it was also taking on his opponents, hillary cl
reporter: cnn my call was perfect. reporter: new york. no one does it quite like jeanne. thanks for a perfect evening. thanks for joining us. a.c. 360 starts right now. good evening. there s new reporti ining tonign nearly every aspect of the impeachment inquiry cliincludin cnn polling that shows a shift in the question of impeachment, itself, done before a whole string of developments including enough late today to fill a week s worth of broadcasts. just about 90 minutes ago the sbem intelligence community inspector general refuted a key republican talking point on the whistle-blower complaint saying, yes, the whistle-blower had, quote, direct knowledge of certain alleged conduct. in other words, it was not just hearsay, as the president s defenders have been saying. the inspector general who, by the way, was appointed by president trump, is the person who initially investigated the whistle-blower s complaint and determined it should be seen by congress. and according
officials and a lot of lawyers at the white house, some of them who have left, it s interesting to hear and i m talking about from republicans now that they really do see a problem here developing. it s not about a quid pro quo, a lot of them tell me. a lot of them agree maybe there there s a blatant abuse of executive privilege and power here. that s what a lot of his allies see at the potential downfall here. you ve pointed out how the supreme court defines a quid pro quo. it s not an explicit statement but given your experience with ken star s team, is this a prudent strategy not to form a war room around this because you will look weak ? it s a different strategy. to be fair to president trump, he s broken a lot of rules and gotten away with it so far. if i were counselling him, i would say classic answer to this