Telling the truth. He has no Shadow Hanging over him. The uncertainty is gone. He has stepped up to the line and he has admitted what he did wrong, but he is now liberated to tell the truth. Everything about donald trump that he knows. From this point on youre going to see liberated Michael Cohen speaking truth to power. And we will hear a lot more from cohens lawyer who you just saw there, he is going to be joining morning joe later this morning. After four days of deliberations the jury in the fraud trial of Paul Manafort found President Trumps former Campaign Chairman guilty on eight of the counts against him. The jury has unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the other ten counts manafort faced. His trial marked a critical first stage for Robert Muellers investigation. Pete williams has more. Reporter the jury found Paul Manafort guilty of intentionally dodging taxes on millions of dollars that he earned as a
political consultant for the former president of ukraine well before man
that the eight counts of conviction were spread out among the different tranches of things that he was accused of so the prosecution will be able to argue at sentencing that the judge should consider everything. reporter: the conviction is a boost for robert mueller. manafort was the first person he charged presumably to force his cooperation in the meddling investigation. manafort s lawyer spoke only briefly, thanking the judge and jury for what they said was a fair trial. mr. manafort is disappointed of not getting acquit als all the way through or a complete hung jury on all counts. he is evaluating all of his options at this point. reporter: the judge hasn t set a sentencing date for paul manafort but he could face up to ten years in prison and next month he goes on trial all over again, this time in federal court in washington where he s charged with failing to register as a lobbyist for ukraine, witness tampering and financial fraud. frances. thanks to pete williams. on