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
all just found that trump tower was an irresistible property in manhattan for them, and so manafort s vulnerability here to the case that mueller has against him is quite high. the white house is well aware of it. they re in their usual panic mode, and they re going to th w everything out under the sun. i would be surprised by nothing including trump walking around naked in the trees to change the subject. don t say that. no matter how many times kellyanne conway opens her lie hole saying this has nothing to do with the president, it does have everything to do with the president. i don t need to picture that, but okay. jim, i want to circle back to you a little bit and discuss something that i just you know, i mentioned, i touched on a moment ago. this is the virginia trial. paul manafort is going to face separate charges in washington. talk to me about that. listen, you have these relate to financial crimes in general.