Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort is on trial. Charges predate the Trump Campaign but could have ramifications for the campaign if he is convicted and could face up to 10 years. Lets take a look at some evidence presented by the Special Counsel against Paul Manafort. Case stands on two basic legs. One that manafort Made Tens Of Millions working for ukrainian politicians and russian oligarchs that he never paid taxes on and two that he took out fraudulent loans from u. S. Banks. Manafort spent upward of there is 14 million to buy several properties in alexandria, virginia, landscaping, housekeeping and Home Improvements done to boost the value of the homes. Then allegedly inflated his worth on loan applications like this one, taking out even more money. As the Specialty Counsel put it, he created cash out of thin air. He spent more than 1. 4 million at Clothing Stores in new york and and beverly hills. T
he was with putin in that press conference. to me, that was a clear case of his cooperation with russia, and his sub serve yens to russia and i think we ought to take at face value the things we actually see and not listen to him when he says don t pay attention. 0 don t believe what you see and hear. those were his words. i believe what i see and hear. jill, always great to talk to you. thank you. thank you. coming up next, president trump s trade war is hurting americans but the president keeps saying it s helping the country and now he could increase tariffs on china to 25%. what that means for the things you buy everyday. take a look at the markets by the way. dow is down about half a per cent, s&p down less. nz by the w nasdaq is up. apple nearing a $1 trillion valuation. you re watching velshi & ruhle on msnbc. i m alex trebek here to tell you