Manafort. And speaking of flipping today, Ruby Red District in ohio may be the latest to elect a democrat in a special election. We will get to that in a moment. First lets go outside of the federal courthouse in alexandria, virginia, on the trial of Paul Manafort. Joe johns is here with an update. Good morning, joe. Rick gates back on the stand, taking questions from prosecutors, laying out the government case. They say it is illegal conduct that goes all the way from 2008 to 2015. Thats seven years. Meanwhile, in 2016, mr. Manafort took over as the Campaign Chairman for the trump campaign, rick gates was right there beside him as his deputy. So what did we learn so far . Among the most important testimony is his testimony that
our Justice Correspondent Jessica Schneider is here, former u. S. Attorney greg bower joining me. And analyst xian wu. Lay out your representation previously of rick gates so its on the table. Right. We had represented rick from the time that he was indicted to
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comes first. this isn t about politics. and there can be limits on a person s speech even if they are running for president and especially when they are a criminal defendant so that they may have a fair trial. one of the things judge chutkan said the fact that he s running a political campaign, he has to yield to the administration of justice. if that means he can t exactly say what he wants to say in a political speech, that is just how it s going to have to be. she s saying that is not just about how much donald trump will be able to disclose evidence in this case that he s learning from the justice department, one of the decisions she made today was, yes, she can taylor things in the way that trump s team wants, that only sensitive evidence that they get will be protected and have a specific set of rules about how they can be handled and spoken about. but also, she s saying that anything that trump is learning that is sensitive, especially what he s learning from witness
his attorneys still have to be there. he said don t come, just send your representation. correct. and contrast that to what we see going on in florida where judge cannon is asking legal questions that neither party has put on the table. it is really turning out to be a very sharp contrast between how these different judges are going about the prosecution of the former president. frank, this is not the only delay the trump s team wants. they want another delay in setting a trial date. how do you think that will go? this judge is going to move swiftly. a speedy trial act will apply here. there will be delays and motions, even appeals. this is not going to work out for him at the end of the day he will turn it into something positive. he will say that this judge is giving me nothing. everything that we suggest is getting tonight. let me tell you something. if he continues on his promise, and he s true to his word at the new hampshire rally, that he is going to talk about the
judge cannon is asking legal questions that neither party has put on the table. it is really turning out to be a very sharp contrast between how these different judges are going about the prosecution of the former president. frank, this is not the only delay the trump s team wants. they want another delay in setting a trial date. how do you think that will go? this judge is going to move swiftly. a speedy trial act will apply here. there will be delays and motions, even appeals. this is not going to work out for him at the end of the day he will turn it into something positive. he will say that this judge is giving me nothing. everything that we suggest is getting tonight. let me tell you something. if he continues on his promise, and he s true to his word at the new hampshire rally, that he is going to talk about the case. if that means talking about whatever evidence is restricted and agreed upon in the protection order, we will have a presidential candidate who is campaigning fr