for mr. gates by one juror will rise to the day. shepard: you said there wasn t much the defense could do. they could have put manafort on the stand not that they should have but they could have. they absolutely could have. that would have been a huge hole for the prosecutor to walk through. defendants don t usually testify at trials. certainly not when faced when this kind of documentary evidence. i think putting mr. manafort on the stand would have been a tragedy. the only thing can you do as a defense lawyer is keep the prosecution to their burden beyond a reasonable doubt, point at mr. gates a lot and hope it works. shepard: what is the point of no return for paul manafort as it relates to turning states evidence and mitigating any damages here? yeah, that s a good question. and that time frame is short. after, if there is a guilty verdict, there will be pre-sentence report, which the report given to the judge to consider before sentencing. now, normally, sentencing might
virginia is very quick. so you would anticipate a few weeks before sentencing. so if mr. manafort has some information to give, and he wants to reveal that to mr. mueller in exchange for a sentence recommendation, he probably has a few weeks to make that decision. but, also, keep in mind he has another trial coming up in the district of columbia. there is another one coming his way. so he is going to have to hope to make some sort of global resolution with the two case. shepard: should they not get a guilty verdict on some or all of those counts, how much of of a concern is that for the mueller investigation at large? you know, usually it s 18 counts, if they get 14 guilties, a couple hung and an acquittal or something it really doesn t matter as far as sentencing. it was indicated before on just the numbers is he looking at 300 years. that s obviously not what any sentence would be. but realistically looking at a dozen years or so in prison if he is convicted of all 18 counts sphe
of soul, a world of respect aretha franklin. let s get to it. now, shepard smith reporting, live from the fox news deck. shepard: first from the fox news deck this thursday afternoon, paul manafort s fate is now in the hands of a jury. president trump s one-time campaign chairman faces 15 criminal counts, including bank fraud and tax evasion. the maximum sentence for all of the charges combined is 305 years. prosecutors say manafort hid millions of dollars from the feds so that he could lead a lavish lifestyle, even dropping 15,00 $15,000 on a jact made of ostrich skin. manafort also lied to get loans once the cash stopped coming in from lobbying business including work for a pro-russia political party in ukraine. defense attorneys argue the whole thing, manafort is guilty of, the only thing of which he is guilty is trusting the wrong people,
including the deputy, turned prosecution witness, rick gates. gates cut a deal with the feds and pleaded guilty to lying, conspiracy and lying to investigators. the defense lawyers went right after gates credibility, pointing out he admitted lying and stealing from manafort. for his part, paul manafort has pleaded not guilty to all charges in this first trial in the special counsel robert mueller s russia investigation. it s fox top story and peter doocy is on it live at the courthouse in alexandria, virginia, just outside the district. peter? shep, the jury has now been deliberating for more than five hours. they are charged with coming up with 18 unanimous different verdicts for the 18 charges. and we don t know how long they are going to be there. they do not have to finish by the close of business which has been 5:30 here at the court in alexandria, they could come out 10 minutes from now or come out at midnight. we just do not know it is completely up to them and how long it ta
cohen was never part of the trump administration or the trump campaign. this is now officially an all hands on deck effort to totally malign and, if possible, impeach the president of the united states. now, mueller and rosenstein have declared what is a legal war on the president. and a source close to president trump tonight is telling fox news that mueller s investigation is way out of control. my message tonight to mueller is simple: if you have evidence of collusion, any at all, show it to us or end this partisan investigation. the country is hanging by a thread tonight and you don t seem to care. the scawldz russia collusion investigation has now evolved from a faceless start to a criminal prosecution, let s see of paupaul manafort, from a 12-year-old payments from ukraine to a payment to a porn star named stormy daniels. now mueller and rosenstein, they are truly fulfilling the mainstream media s fantasy here, at least attempting to. now, in fact, despite all of