the judge does seem to really be riding the prosecution. now, there wouldn t be any reason for him to be riding the defense because the defense at the moment is putting in a few cross-examination questions at the end of each witness called by the prosecution. so it s really the prosecution s ball on their side of the field at this point. been the judge is beak limiting the amount of evidence that i think the defense might view as prejudicial. as you mentioned, the issues of the photos or the photos of the ostrich jacket, photos of home renovations that were very expensive, photos of all the suits of all the other luxury goods that manafort used pone to buy money that the prosecution says came from his work in ukraine, but the judge is trying to keep this really to facts and figures to the invoices to the paper. let me draw you out on that. do you think this is fair in the criticism of the mueller team is
he may not. that is one of those things that sounds very measured. we may do this, we may not but actually has really big repercussions what we ll hearn from there case. whied the prosecution be considering not putting what is described astaire witness on the stand. i m joined by barbara mcquade at the trial today and josh gerstein reporting as politico s correspondent and covering the manafort case since the we beginning. barbara, i will you the that question to you. yeah about, whether gates will testify? interesting moment in the trial. and there was sort of a sudden hush in the courtroom. and then a sudden scurrying when a number of people ran out the back. in fact, judge ellis himself said that s a surprise to me. and apparently to about 25 other people in the courtroom who just ran out of here like ras fleeing a singing ship. presumably reporters who were
doesn t care about. but the evidence in this mounting case shows that he is very informed and very canny about using a whole range of tactics to get what he wants in there criminal probe. now, here is how that is key to where this probe is heading. donald trump deploys both public and private means to do these things that look like evidence of obstruction of justice and that s key to what is the disturbing news tonight. so let s go back into the timeline. donald trump presses sessions and ha became part of mueller s probe itself because had he an interest which demonstrates sessions overlooked role as a key witness into the investigation into whether trump tried to obstruct the inquiry. mueller s investigators pressed current and former white house officials about trump s treatment of sessions and whether they believe the president was trying to impede the investigation by pressuring him. the attorney general beintervied
but the inside, it still [bleep]. laura: juan, this is the me too era, we are all for women who speak their mind, i know you thought this was hilarious, you thought it was great, tell me why that in your worldview is funny. i didn t think the stuff with sarah huckabee sanders was funny because astaire was seated seated right there, laura, and i thought it made everyone in the room uncomfortable. matt can tell you, i think everybody visibly was worried that sarah might cry or get up and walk out. it just made for a huge fuehrer at a time when that was unnecessary because it had a sensitive, she was kind of on the hot seat while the camera was on her. but in general, i don t understand that you see this as evidence of liberal media bias. when the president when
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