A recap of the days news. The idea that somehow this is floating out in the ether somewhere in orbit far away from the central focus of this investigation is just not true. Those lines of investigation are open. And this is a man who has shown himself willing to do some fairly dodgy work for people supported by the kremlin abroad in the ukraine. And thats one reason why hes standing in court today. And this is just the beginning and again, one of two trials. The first of two trials for Paul Manafort this summer. So this is and the first one as far as the russia investigation. Listen, theres they have to go a long way, as you said. Theres a long way to go, and april, the judges name is ts ellis. He banned any mention of President Trump, russia or collusion from the courtroom. I mean, that may be, but the trial is no doubt weighing on this white house. It is definitely weighing on this white house, don. From my sources, theyre saying
the white house is very concerned. They are trying to
we re talking about bank fraud, tax fraud, failure to register as a foreign agent which you have to do if you re going to lobby on behalf of a foreign government. the breadth of the charges against paul manafort significant enough that you have two viable cases in two separate very serious courts in the d.c. area. this is going to be a long one. when you speak from his legal liability, it s tremendous, and that s kwhwhy you arrive at tha 300-year figure. you won t. but he s facing so many charges that carry serious sentences. and from a political perspective as well these are trials that are going to go on and drag on for some time and keep these issues in the conversation for this president and this administration no matter how hard they try. the second point in response to rick and april is this. this pattern of this administration of denying any relationship, significant relationship with anybody who runs in trouble is consistent. we ve seen that in the last 72