and trump adviser who is a subject in the russia investigation. the prosecution is expected to rest in the trial of paul manafort. over the last week, the jury heard about his wardrobe and offshore bank accounts and lifestyle and doctored loan documents. as the defense prepares to offer its case, a court filing from robert mueller is sending a signal gates is a key in the russia probe. we have more from kara scannell. reporter: a new detail in the special counsel s investigation was not revealed in court, but in a filing. prosecutors asked the judge to seal a portion of the side bar that took place when rick gates was on the stand. paul manafort s attorney asked gates about the interviews he had with the special counsel s
manafort s business parter in, told the jury he committed a bunch of crimes. he said he had 15 offshore bank accounts they did not disclose to the federal government. he then testified that manafort told him not to report the accounts. at one point, the prosecutor asked him if he committed crimes with manafort. he respond simply yes. gates also admitted he stole from his boss. he copped to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from manafort by claiming false expense reports. with us today, at the end of a long day for him. and danny savales is back with us. josh you get to go first because you were there. i m curious about things like eye contact, body language, and
manafort s former business pattern told the jury he committed a number of crimes including bank fraud and tax fraud. gates said that he and manafort had 15 offshore bank accounts, as people do, that they did not disclose to the federal government. he then testified that manafort directed him to not report the accounts. at one point the prosecutor simply asked gates if he committed any crimes with manafort. gates responded by saying, quote, yes. gates also admitted today he stole from his boss. he copped to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from paul manafort by creating false expense reports. manafort it s important to point out has pleaded not guilty. with us with more is josh gerstein. he is senior white house reporter for politico. and danny sovalos is back with
there he is, rick gates, manafort s business parter in, told the jury he committed a bunch of crimes. he said he had 15 offshore bank accounts they did not disclose to the federal government. he then testified that manafort told him not to report the accounts. at one point, the prosecutor asked him if he committed crimes with manafort. he respond simply yes. gates also admitted he stole from his boss. he copped to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from manafort by claiming false expense reports.
accounts, on friday. that said, what do we expect next if rick gates does take the stand? if rick gates takes the stand, i think we can expect him to confirm some of the things that have already been put into evidence. he assisted paul manafort in his conspiracy. he s pleaded guilty to conspiracy. that they were in on it together. that they had offshore bank accounts they were using to hide their income and they submitted false documents to banks in support of loans when that business dried up. i think that we ll see some cross-examination of rick gates because he has some baggage as someone who is, as you ve said, pleaded guilty to a crime and admitted to lying to the government. and the other issue will be whether gates as a cooperator with the government is a safe witness for the prosecution. whether it can be muddied up by the defense. that s their main case. their main case from their opening statement is that he was the bad guy and not paul