Former Trump Campaign chairman. Lets get straight to shimon prokupecz. This is a big risk taken by the defense team here, deciding no witnesses, no case. Yeah, its a huge risk. This just happening moments ago. So were sort of digesting it. Certainly we were not sure if Paul Manafort was going to put on a defense. Attorneys had not indicated to us they would. We did not expect manafort, of course, to take the stand. Nonetheless, there is overwhelming evidence here by the prosecutors, the special counsel team, and the evidence and testimony they put forth. It is a little surprising theres no case here, that theyre not putting on any kind of defense. It is a risky move. Well see what they argue in closing arguments. Of course, as you know, theyve been making a big deal about rick gates here and how he was the person who was really responsible for this. It looks like thats what theyre going to stick with and probably just use information that they gathered during the trial on crossexaminat