i would think the judge s comments are equally devastating and could have caused a hung jury. the judge was so far beyond what is appropriate for a judge. if he had made the same kind of comments he made about the prosecution, if he had made that about the defense, it would have been reversible error for sure. his comment to rick gates mr. manafort couldn t have been paying attention if you were able to steal so much money from him, that s really devastating to the prosecution, and he made many other comments. and that worried me from the very first moment the judge started making comments against the prosecution. it could have been either one of those things that influenced the juror or it could have just been he she, i guess it was a female juror was very loyal. but mostly i have great faith in juries. they take very seriously their
retried for this case. and i assume would be retried if there was a hung jury. and given the impediment that the judge created, i think he alone created the possibility of a hung jury with his comments like to gates, well, manafort couldn t have been watching so closely if you were able to steal that much money from him. that s a devastating comment to have had the jury hear. so it s very distressing. as josh said, with a nonsequestered jury, the chances that they didn t hear about donald trump s tweet that manafort is a good man, and remember he also said that the nazis had a few good people in them, so saying that you re a good person is not a compliment, necessarily, in my opinion, coming from donald trump. but it s a bad thing for the jury to hear. and it could create a problem. all right, josh gerstein, jill wine-banks, thanks to both of you. 81 days and counting until
there, if you could just have a link to trump, the candidate himself knew they were there at that moment, that would rise to that level? it was a huge moment, i don t think there s any doubt about that are. we just broke this news here within the last half hour and there s different aspects and he s such a controversial person there s all sorts of reactions. handing off the program to you tonight, the one thing that all our panelists agreed on, our republican strategist, former clinton aide, and a adjourn allist, was wow, that seemed pretty big. again what he said about don jr., treasonous, crack like an egg, implied it to manafort, that was staff level. none of that involves impeachment, presidential abuse of power, because it couldn t involve directly the president. what he said in our interview, so fascinating, is that if, if that s provable, it would be terribly concerning for donald trump. well, as i pressed him, he initially said he thought don jr. did tell donald trump about t
i think it s important to get a conviction or at least a hung jury. it takes only one juror to hung out and it s a hung jury, there would be no jury and manafort could be retried for this case and i assume would be retried if there was a hung jury and given the impediment the judge created, he alone created the possibility of a hung jury with his comments like to gates, well, manafort couldn t have been watching so closely if you were able to steal that much money from him and with a non-sequestered jury, the chances that they didn t hear about donald trump s tweet that manafort was a good man and remember he said the nazis had a few good people in them, so saying you re a good person is
question, the broader picture of the russia investigation, of mueller s investigation, how crucial is getting a conviction in this trial? how crucial is it? in terms of public opinion, it probably is pretty important that it be a conviction or at least a hung jury. remember it takes only one juror to hold out and it s a hung jury. there would be no verdict. of course manafort could be retried for the case. i assume would be retried with a hung jury. given the impediment that the judge created, he alone created the possibility of a hung jury with his comments like to gates, well, manafort couldn t have been watching so closely if you were able to steal that much money from him. that s a devastating comment to have had the jury hear. it s very distressing.