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
from the president and rudy giuliani s really confusing interviews? i think this manic performance you saw from rudy this week and the tweet gasm trump has had to throw as much stuff into the wind as he possibly can are both directly related to the fact that robert mueller has a very strong case against paul manafort here, and they recognize that the charges against manafort are leverage to have manafort speak about the things he knows concerning donald trump s campaign ties and donald trump s personal ties to russia. you know, paul manafort didn t just wander in one day. he and roger stone had a very, very long relationship. he and the president had a very long relationship before he was named chairman. he had business relations with tr tom barack and other people around trump. this is a guy who knows where bodies are buried and understands the russian money flow coming out of russian billionaires who seem to have