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
manafort says he s bankrupt in 2016. now, the thing is, gates was sayi gates admitted to a lot of lying. cheated manafort out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. that was an incredible admission. he admitted to lying to his own accountant. he s an admitted liar. does this help manafort s argument that gates was the mastermind, even though, of course, manafort s landscaper and ostrich coat provider and mercedes benz dealer said that he did it all himself? well, you know, it s going to come down to not just what gates says but all the other evidence admitted in the trial. whether that s through other witnesses, the other accountant who testified last week, the documents, the digital evidence, all the types of evidence that has been assembled and the prosecutors have put on. gates testimony is in addition to that. but from my perspective he is incentiveized to tell the truth