gates had been paul manafort's right hand deputy working for ukrainian e iaian oligarchs. manafort was pushed out in august of 2016 but rick gates stayed on right through election day. gates then served as the number two official on the trump inaugural committee. because he held those key positions rick gates was an up close first person eye witness to what was going on inside the trump campaign at a very high level. in october of 2017 he was first charged alongside manafort on multiple counts including conspiracy, money laundering and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. after prosecutors hit him with another round of felony charges for a total of 31, rick gates flipped. he pleaded guilty to two charges while agreeing to cooperate and provide information to robert mueller's team. this was a pivotal moment in the special counsel investigation. rick gates who knew so much about the inner workings at the very highest levels of the trump campaign was now willing to spill secrets to robert mueller's team. >> cooperation agreement he just signed is probably a nightmare scen

we know the nellie ohr specifically created the dossier on paul manafort. here's a question we need to find out from his lawyers. were they ever given out in discovery? did they know that nellie ohr had created dirt to be used against paul manafort? that's a very important revelation. there is talk in the area of multiple contacts between kavalec and steele. much earlier and much more extensive suggested in this notes. m i think we need to look at that and find out if there are other records at thehe state department beyond the ones we recently found in the law suit in september. here is the most important revelation. it is clear now that the that the state department was a major conspirator in building the story.n going back to when the state department invited ukrainian prosecutors here in january of '16 and met with them along national security council and asked them to find dirt on paul manafort, all the way through facilitatingm these contacts with christopher steele, john weiner, victoria newland, kathleen kavalec, three people that probably need to b

there aren't as many people interested in greg craig as in paul manafort. it did come as something of a surprise, kind of a collateral damage kind of thing that we weren't exactly expecting. it should be said there have been court filings and other articles and stuff indicating that the lobbying groups involved here, the mercury is one of them and the podesta group is the other. there hasn't been as much directly pointing at specific individuals, which is what happened today, the head of podesta and gates saying that they knew they were working for the government of ukraine yet they went ahead and told the federal government they were just working for a private sector think tank. >> does it seem like -- you used the phrase collateral damage. we know a little bit about this ukraine scheme. we know manafort engaged this fancy law firm where greg craig was working. we know that he engaged at least one pr firm. he engaged lobbying firms. it's starting to feel like everybody who touched this, everybody who worked with manafort on this particular gig has got some

we know from the mueller investigation that for some reason trump campaign chair paul manafort offered this russian-connected oligarch oleg deripaska, he offered him private briefings on the trump campaign during the election, up to and including the still unexplained plot line from mueller's investigation in which manafort is known to have shipped deripaska a whole bunch of internal trump campaign polling data. nonpublic proprietary information on the campaign's plans and strategy, particularly in key states in the industrial midwest that trump would go on to unexpectedly flip on his way to an election night victory in 2016. why did deripaska want that kind of granular information? manafort is known to have passed that data on to deripaska during the 2016 campaign through an intermediary who has himself now been charged by federal prosecutors, the intermediary manafort used to ship this stuff to deripaska is believed by the fbi to himself be linked to russian intelligence. so when it comes to what russia did and how russia messed with our election, deripaska is this key figure who is

the trump campaign chair at the time was paul manafort. he knew all about locking up political opponents. before taking over the trump campaign manafort had made millions of dollars working as a political consultant for ukrainian strong man viktor yanukovych, the head of a pro-russian political party. with manafort's help the pro-russian strongman won the presidency of ukraine in 2010 by defeating his opposition rival yulia tymoshenko. a year later with manafort's guy in charge of the ukrainian government tymoshenko was put on trial, sentenced to seven years in jail. they literally fitted her up, framed her and locked her up. which as you can imagine didn't look great to the rest of the world. but part of paul manafort's job was to make this "lock her up" operation look legit. legit enough. to help with the pr cleanup manafort hired a sleazy u.s. pr firm and a high-powered u.s. law firm that had a great reputation. a firm called skadden arps. manafort arranged for skadden to be hired to write a report on why the trial of the ukrainian pres

says they saw transfers of millions and millions of dollars to paul manafort in conjunction with that contract, starting that year, 2006, and ending, we don't know when. over the years, oleg deripaska and paul manafort would have a lot of different political and business engagements together. m manafort, of course, now sits in federal prison. he may ultimately be looking at a long state prison sentence that picks up after his program sentence. as such, we may never fully know the extent of what was going on in manafort's overseas career in those intervening years, including his interactions with deripaska. we do know, though, by the time manafort took over as trump's campaign chair for 2016, for some reason we saw that gig on the trump campaign as a good reason and good occasion to reup his longstanding relationship with that kremlin-connected oligarch, with oleg deripaska. one of deripaska's close aides told "time" magazine last year when manafort became trump's campaign chair, quote, he owed us a lot of money and he was offering ways to pay it back. we know from the mueller investig

gates had been paul manafort's right hand deputy working for ukrainian oligarchs before manafort joined the trump campaign and brought gates along. manafort was pushed out in august of 2016, but rick gates stayed on through election day. gates then served as the number two official on the trump nug ral committee. because he held those key positions, rick gates was a first-person eyewitness to what was going on inside the trump campaign at a very high level. in october 2017, he was first charmed alongside manafort on multiple counts, including conspiracy, money laundering, and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. after prosecutors hit him with another round of charges for a total of 31, rick gates flipped. he pleaded guilty to two charges while agreeing to cooperate and provide information to robert mueller's team. and this was a pivotal moment in the special counsel investigation. rick gates, who knew so much about the inner workings at the highest levels of the trump campaign was willing to spill secrets to robert mueller's team. >> cooperation agreement he just signed is probably

stay warm while, lack of candor and paul manafort, lack of candor. and they went after michael cohen, lack of candor. they all played a criminal price. now we have the fbi, former fbi director's super patriots jim comey apparently you had a lack of candor. that's just the tip of the iceberg for him. i suspect lindsey graham, i'm just thinking that maybe if my name was brandon and my name was clapper, and might not be sleeping too well tonight. >> well, let's go back to what jim just said about a lawsuit. mccabe would have you to believe that horowitz is the guy that believes that mccabe violated his duties, right? cool replaced strauch? it was molar? it will mueller fired struct. it was horowitz that told us about what mccabe did wrong. the trump justice if the department i don't think will hold water but -- >> sean: do you believe that they lied purposely, they were warned numerous times. do you believe that they purposely lied in a pfizer application, a premeditated fraud on the court to obtain a warrant to spy on the trump campaign transition and

this time, though, not against paul manafort, this time against greg craig. president obama's first white house counsel. who's on trial for lying to the government about sort of a ukraine related scheme that he was caught up with paul manafort in before the 2016 campaign. rick gates being on the stand tomorrow. i think is likely to be the marquis moment of the greg craig trial. so far things seem to have been going rough for greg craig at this trial. he's only up on one felony charge and contesting it vigorously. we don't know if rick gates is going to take the stand in the morning or afternoon, we will all be watching for what he says whenever he says it, when it am coulds to not trump scandal related to trump campaign personnel, when it comes to trump policies, we're also expecting a huge legal fight over something the president just announced today. and that story is next, stay with us. it's time for the biggest sale of the year on the sleep number 360 smart bed. you can adjust your comfort on both sides - your sleep number setting. can it help us fall asl

look at other people, papadopoulos, paul manafort paul manafort, michael cohen, general flynn, i want to ask you, gregg, would mccabe -- when general flynn says, do i need a lawyer, and mccabe tells him no, and comey brags about doing something he would not do inn the obama or george w. bush administration, took advantage of the chaos and sent his guys in when they had already unmasked general flynn, they had a chapter and verse on everything he said, remember, the fbi guys do not think flynn was lying. then you have to ask a question, why would he admit he was lying? number one, going bankrupt. number two, they are threatening his family. they are saying, we will have to go after your son, too. i think that is why he said, i'll fall on the sword for my family. that is what i think happened. that is how we treat a 33 year vet that served in combat. >> mccabe was instrumental in that -- >> sean: and comey. >> he was essentially lying andd deceiving and trying to entrap michael flynn to pursue the russia hoax against donald trum donald trump. >> sean: did he deny flynn basically his mir

he hasn't at least as of yet pardoned paul manafort. do you think this is the kind of thing that would actually encourage somebody to take a step over the line on a comment that hey, maybe you're getting a pardon down the line? >> well, you know, there's a huge sense of loyalty and obedience to the president of the united states, particularly with his own political appointees, many of which i'm sorry to say are squirrelly characters in the white house. i do think if trump tells the departments of his government to carry out illegal acts as a general statement they're not going to do it. i've run into minor experiences like this in public life. we normally send a letter back saying here's the objections, the problems with what you're telling me to do. if you want me to do it, put it in writing. and that normally suffices to back people up. but nothing on this order where he's apparently saying i'm going to order funds to be spent, actions to be taken, land to be seized, by the way, which is going to go over very badly in texas, new mexic

ja jerry nadler just last week basically said the forfeiture from paul manafort would cancel out all of the costs of the probe. we did a little bit of the number crunching ourselves. it doesn't exactly work out that way. paul manafort is expected to forfeit $11 million. 6 million will go to the irs and the other fines will go to the banks that he defrauded. others here who have been guilty like michael cohen, they would go into a crime fraud fund and only total about $130,000. in all, brooke, it does not look like the government will direct live recoup this near live $32 million. that is the final will price tag for the mueller investigation here that has wrapped costing taxpayers near live $32 million. brooke? >> thank y the same day as a positive jobs report, but how good is the economy really? we'll take a look next. (door bell rings) it's open! hey. this is amazing. with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, are you okay? even when i was there, i never knew when my symptoms would keep us apart. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira can help get, and keep uc und

. >> with homes, cars, and that $15,000 ostrich coach, paul manafort was the personification of money in politics. >> i will stipulate you can characterize this as influence -- >> in a story told in the next "american greed," manafort secretly pedalled influence around the world, and now he's in prison for conspiracy. >> the paul manafort story is a great illustration of how important it is for discloser, to be timely. >> in politics, money talks, but where is that money coming from? there are ways to find out who is funding your candidate. sheila of the center for responsive politics says start your search online, and her website, opensecrets.org lists candidates. >> these guys offer a window into the services of money to whom candidates might be beholden if they win office. >> the sites won't tell you about dark money donations that don't have to be disclosed but you should be able to get a good idea of who is backing your candidate and why. scott cone, nbc news. >>> and one man who started the festival is also an artist. >> looks like burning man behind us right now. >> it sure doe

because he's a democratic administration official who for some reason was caught up with paul manafort. it's been particularly weird to see him in court in d.c. where half the jury pool seems to know him. people who worked with him at the white house. a cia analyst who specialized in ukraine. one woman whose boyfriend is a new york times reporter who has been covering the mueller investigation. it has been small worldville like you can't believe. but one thing greg craig is is a very esteemed lawyer and experienced. for everything else that's nuts about this trial, it makes it astonishing that his lawyers had to formally apologize to the judge on his behalf today because after the prosecutors rolled out their first witness, but before the defense had their chance to cross examine the first witness, greg craig apparently took it upon himself to walk up to the witness in the courthouse and say, quote, i know i'm not supposed to do this, but i just wanted to say hello. i mean, even if you're not like one of the most famous lawyers in america, you probably know the general rule which is do

paul manafort, convicted of lying. yes, they are all facing jail and so is paul manafort. tonight, james comey seems to be getting a free pass, at least for now. however, the investigations into fisa abuse, the origins of russia which hunt and probe our ongoing. so while super patriot james comey appears to be dodging charges right now, i'm told by my sources tonight this is just a tip of what is a giant iceberg of corruption. here with a lot more, he broke the story, he is the executive vice president of reporter john solomon is with us. after your report last night, i did my own digging and i made a lot of phone calls and i'm like, okay, so, if, in fact, they believe that he was going to be prosecuted, the attorney general has declined, i understand there is a real deeper reason for it. that's what you are reporting tonight. >> yeah, listen, there are two reasons. this isn't a very strong case if you're going to court in a jury in new york city or washington, d.c. it has some complexities to it that doesn't make it easy for a jury to understand, but the bigger question h

opponent in ukraine of the pro-russian leader guy who paul manafort was working for. greg craig was indicted in april. he's due to go on trial on monday. but just as that gregory craig trial is due to start on monday the judge overseeing his case has thrown out one of the two felony charges gregory craig was facing. this is not something that's happened in other mueller prosecutions, but it is worth watching. both because this is the only democratic official caught up in the russia mess so far, and because this is the prosecution that is in the most trouble. one of the two charges being thrown outright before the trial starts. and because this thing is about to start in open court, monday in federal court in d.c. so, yes, i know there's a lot going on right now but honestly there is a lot going on right now. no time to waste. watch this space. red dest, ripe, they make everything better. like our strawberry poppyseed salad and new strawberry summer caprese salad. order online for delivery. panera. food as it should be it's been a long time since andrew dusted off his

it has housed el chapo and paul manafort. >> yeah, it's housing paul manafort right now. it held el chapo during his trial. this is a facility that is used to very high-profile defendants. most of the major terrorism cases and terrorism suspects that have been held or occurred here, in this country, they've gone through mcc, because a lot of those cases have gone through the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york here in manhattan. yes, this is a facility that should be able to handle somebody like jeffrey epstein and knows how to handle high-profile people and they're going to have to answer questions on the apparent suicide. it just raises questions by anybody that's taking a look at this. >> no doubt. embarrassment for the system as well. tom winter, our thanks to you. >> the brand backlash, the owner of the miami dolphins as well as equinox, a growing boycott. >>> plus, the new information we are learning on the death of jeffrey epstein. any physical changes to this man's appearance are purely coincidental. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty

manafort, meanwhile, will die behind bars in part because he didn't file t paperwork, with ukraine pit if you're involved in politics in washington, suddenly there is not a lot of room for error -- unless you happen to be jim comey. if

the question was asked about pardons about paul manafort. i said i'm not taking anything off the table. looking at pardons. some of these soldiers are people who have fought hard and long and when they fight, they get treated unfairly. the power to pardon is a beautiful thing. you got to get it right. get the right people. >> in a series of tweets, trump slammed the washington post and amazon writing, quote, another totally fake story in the amazon "washington post" lobbyist which states if my aids broke the law to build the wall, which is going up rapidly, i would give them a pardon. the amazon "washington post" and cnn just did a fake interview on pardon for aids on the wall and that i didn't think the wall in the southern border was that important. wrong, vitally important. will make a big impact so bad. there has never been a time when the media was so fraudulent, fake and corrupt. when we look back, i hope a big part of my history will be in exposing the fake news. >> hurts our feelings. >> coming after the "washington post" reports thr

manafort to even most recently el chapo who was recently transported for his full sentence here. so based on what we're hearing from the department of justice, there is concern about the ability to secure this individual that is as high profile as it can get, kate. >> you're absolutely right. thank you so much. for more on the investigation, joining me now the james gag lae yan oh, a cnn law enforcement analyst. thanks for being here. you've been to this jail many times, worked through that system many times. about this, what has happened, you wrote that you were dumbfounded that he was able to commit suicide. why? >> it's astounding. and look, we're still awaiting the toxicology reports and that usually takes about a week or so to come in to give more details. but kate, with every new detail that's revealed, i become even more baffled and perplexed. i've been inside there many times. it is a crown jewel in the federal system. it was built in 1975 and it was slated to house 460 prisoners and they're now under 800. was this a matter of incompetent, indifference or more nefarious.

manafort. what is the take away here? >> rick gates seems to be one of the most successful cooperators that the mueller investigation produced. i don't think that there is anything very surprising here. we knew that he would cooperate. the beginning work on a report is relatively routine. it has to happen before a defendant can be sentenced. he has to have access to it sufficiently in advance to review it and make any objections. i think the biggest piece of information we get out of this filing is that apparently gates' cooperation is coming to an end. he won't for instance apparently be a witness in anything to do with the inaugual investigation that is believed to be underway. >> and now phil mud by way of welcoming you here, this is where your life's work intersects with the news today. when you hear the president say you don't really believe that do you? what happens inside you internally? and what's the reality. >> it makes me hurt. i spent 25 years doing this. the president has three res

let's see, paul manafort, papadopoulos, you are in trouble if you lie to the fbi. out right fraud is a stain on the greatest law enforcement agency on this planet. our fdi. the committing of fraud in a fisa court, one of the many ways the obama spied on opposition party during an election. we know at least three trump campaign officials were spied on by fbi sources. we also know the fbi ordered an undercover up to spy on george papadopoulos. let's not forget unprecedented level of unmasking and leaking raw intelligence and abuse of surveillance powers. how did samantha power ever -- what is it a u.n. ambassador and why she unmasking 300 million americans in 2016? she claims she didn't. okay, who did then? by the way the question comes down to this, what did obama, what did joe creepy, crazy sleepy uncle joe know? what did loretta lynch know, what did rice know, powers know, when did they know it? this question must be asked by law enforcement. it is time for obama to be put under oath. here is why. according to former u.s. attorney andy mccarthy and his new book "o

manafort and el chapo who was just released from here so he could serve his life sentence elsewhere. some facts are suggesting that policies were not followed that loud jeffrey epstein to take his own life. some of the failures include him not being constantly supervised. the inmates are supposed to be checked on every 30 minutes and a source familiar with his time is telling us that was not done. and then secondly, poppy, he was potentially left alone in that cell. the policies and procedures require inmates fresh off of suicide watch to not be left alone in those cells and we are now hearing at this point that that was not certainly done. so that is something that not just the fbi but the department of justice and office of inspector general are looking into and we could potentially hear the attorney general address that in the next few minutes. >> the question becomes, just before you go, about the guards. why was he left alone in a cell with no cell mate. they're supposed to check on him every 30 minutes. he's as high profile as you get. are any of the guards facing potential cha

specifically paul manafort who's now prisoner in federal custody for roughly the next seven years. the trial for greg craig finally got under way today in federal court in d.c. and it turns out when you are a very, very famous d.c. lawyer, sometimes things go hilariously awry when you turn up in a very familiar federal courthouse except you're there as a defendant. that story of what happened in the greg craig trial is next. it's totally unbelievable. stay with us. >>> the great josh gerstein put liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. nice! but uh, what's up with your partner? oh! we just spend all day telling everyone how we customize car insurance because no two people are alike, so... limu gets a little confused when he sees another bird that looks exactly like him. ya... he'll figure it out. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ [ text notification now that you have] new dr. scholl's massaging gel advanced insoles with softer, bouncier gel waves, you'll move over 10% more than before. dr. scholl's. born

let's see, paul manafort, michael cohen, papadopoulos -- you get in trouble when you lie to the fbi. outright fraud is a stain on what is the greatest law enforcement agency on this planet. our fbi. but committing fraud on a fisa court was just, well, one of the many ways obama's government espied on members of an opposition party during an election. we know at least three trump campaign officials were spied on by fbi sources. we also know that the fbi ordered an undercover operative to spy on george papadopoulos, and let's not forget the unprecedented level of unmasking and leaking raw intelligence, and abusive surveillance powers. how did samantha pat samantha powernt ever -- a u.n. ambassador. why is she unmasking 300 americans in 2016? she claimed she didn't. who did that? the question is coming down to this. what did obama, what didn joe, creepy, crazy, sleepy uncle joe no? what did loretta lynch know? what did rice know? wanted powers not? when did they know what? this question must now be asked by law enforcement. it is time for obama to be put under oath. here's why. accordin

manafort because it was so different than the way nixon did it. trump talked about how unfair the treatment of manafort was. he said the president would look to see if anybody was treated unfairly and he might get a pardon. robert mueller said obstruction of justice is not usually taking place in public. the fact that it takes place in public does not make it more legal. president nixon was the more subtle one. when he was trying to encourage his aides to not cooperate with the special prosecutor investigation and the congressional investigations of watergate, he did things in secret. the tape we are going to play was made the day after john dean testified to the senate watergate committee in may of 1973. house counsel. nixon had refused to allow dean to testify, just as trump is trying to prevent his aides from testifying before congress. trump is invoking executive privilege. as nixon did then. he discovered that when your former aide volunteers to testify, executive conflict is not going to stop them because your aide has a right to do that. he

michael cohen, paul manafort, papadopoulos, why does the same laws not apply to mccabe? should day and will they? >> they absolutely should. if i don't know if they will. i certainly hope so. what we do know is that mccabe actually lied three times under oath to the inspector general and he lied a fourth time, which he was not under oath. he also leaked information and remember, let's talk about this. he leaked information to "the wall street journal" to try to build himself up. he leaked information regarding the clinton foundation investigations. he really wanted to build himself up, but the thing was, comey even admitted that he never authorized mccabe to leak. so even if lisa page -- remember, the former attorney who was the lover of peter strzok -- even if she came out to a grand jury inside, he he may have been authorized alone, himself, he could have authorized himself to leak, it doesn't matter. comey himself was in charge. he was the director. he did not authorize any leaks whatsoever. secondly, sean, he was involved in the foreign intelligence surveillance act

. >> el chapo and paul manafort just to name a few, a place that's used to high profile suspects. >>> my next guest is a former chief psychologist at the federal bureau of prisons. dr. jesus. she's joining us right now. doctor, this follows what may have been a potential suicide attempt, still yet to get confirmation on that just a few weeks ago. what kind of kigconditions shou have been made for jeffrey epstein? a high profile inmate. and possibly one that may have attempted suicide just weeks ago. kind of watch, you know, should he have been under? what kind of behavior might he have exhibited? >> well, i just want to begin by stating that the bureau of prisons has one of the most comprehensive suicide watch programs in the nation. and obviously they'll conduct a thorough investigation, internal investigation as to what happened. when an inmate as epstein comes in, he has all the markings for suicide. he's a high risk suicidal inmate. not only because he's a high profile inmate, but also because of the nature of the alleged crimes he was being held for. and so i'm sure that the bure

manafort, meanwhile, will die behind bars in part because he didn't file t paperwork, with ukraine pit if you're involved in politics in washington, suddenly there is not a lot of room for error -- unless you happen to be jim comey. if you are jim comey, you can do pretty much whatever you feel like it if you flagrantly break the law and brag about it, nobody will touch you. how do we know this? we know this because comey actually did that. shortly before he was fired from the fbi, comey wrote memos describing his meetings with his boss, the president. comey then lease those memos, some of which contained classified information. that is a crime. how do we know it is a crime? comey himself conceded that in an interview. watch. >> i think of a leak as an unauthorized disclosure of classified information. that is how i thought about it as fbi director. >> tucker: so, by comey's own admission, which you just heard, he committed a crime. comey was responsible for the funauthorized disclosure of classified information. tiyet, according to comey, this was legal because it wasn't w leaking. it

. >> paul manafort among just a few recently. >> exactly. so this is a prison where they should, you know, have procedures and be able to take care of inmates like jeffrey epstein. >> so then, mark, you know, all this taking place, you know, less than 24 hours after federal -- new york court unsealed documents were provided. every major national newspaper is profiling some of the accusations, including yours in those documents. do you see a correlation? mark, are you able to hear me? >> yes. i'm sorry. >> do you see any potential correlation between the fact that he's now committed suicide less than 24 hours ago these documents were released. your newspaper, "the new york times," all national newspapers are reporting on the details. cnn.com. the details that come from these documents in terms of the accusations against him. >> yeah, there wasn't a lot new and certainly nothing that would be new to jeffrey epstein in those documents. these are accusations that have been kicking around in lawsuits against him for many years. also, we should ca

i am done. 20 of my years in new york city -- talking to folks that were there, or madoff, or paul manafort -- >> i thought maybe it was just my ear piece, but none of us can hear you really clearly. we're going to try to reconnect. paul, let me ask you, what's your familiarity with the metropolitan correctional center, mcc, you know, and what safeguards are in place when someone is on suicide watch? because again, epstein, according to officials there were marks on his neck a month ago, and it wasn't quite clear whether it was an attempt at suicide or whether something else had happened, but we do know that he was on suicide watch. >> well, you know, as jimmy was trying to express through his problematic microphone there, this -- i've had a lot of experience also with clients in mcc, and this is supposed to be one of the most important federal prisons really in the united states because this is where people await trial in the southern district of new york, terrorists, el chapo, cartel heads, you know, so many high profile defendants are in that facility at any given point in time that you

manafort. we'll be watching that before we get back to you here on monday night. now it's time for the "last word." ali velshi is in for lawrence tonight. >> you have yourself a fantastic we

manafort's records having to do with purchases he made of his trump tower apartment. that could reveal something about donald trump at the same time. >> absolutely. it's kind of a way of looking at both ends of the transaction, right? there is a concept in the law you have to have standing in order to challenge something in the courts, which just means you have to show some sort of legal injury to that. obviously, trump has claimed that he has standing for the banks not to release financial information about him. however, if the banks have asked for financial information from somebody else that happens to concern financial transactions with the president, he would not necessarily have standing to challenge that document request or subpoena which may be how they are getting the documents to congress now. >> tim, he may not also have knowledge of it. there are so many ways he discovered in the trump financial maze, there are so many ways in that they might not necessarily alert trump organization people or donald trump that they are going in that direction. >> wouldn't

specifically paul manafort who's now prisoner in federal custody for roughly the next seven years. the trial for greg craig finally got under way today in federal court in d.c. and it turns out when you are a very, very famous d.c. lawyer, sometimes things go hilaceiously awry when you turn up in a very familiar federal courthouse except you're there as a defendant. that story of what happened in the greg craig trial is next. it's totally unbelievable. stay with us. s next it's totally unbelievable. stay with us r insurance, so you only pay for what you need. wow. thanks, zoltar. how can i ever repay you? maybe you could free zoltar? thanks, lady. taxi! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ [ text notification now that you have] new dr. scholl's massaging gel advanced insoles with softer, bouncier gel waves, you'll move over 10% more than before. dr. scholl's. born to move. what's going on? it's the 3pm slump. should have had a p3. oh yeah. should have had a p3. need energy? get p3. with a mix of meat, cheese and nuts. with advil liqui-gels, what s

manafort was there recently. there had been a whole host of people who are high profile and when you are high profile such as the case with jeffrey epstein or was with jeffrey epstein, there's supposed to be special attention paid on these inmates, not only to prevent them from being harmed by someone, but also to make sure they're safe, right? they need to be safe. that's why in some cases they're segregated and they're not kept in the general population and that's what happened with jeffrey epstein. so the inspector general will come in and find out is there something going on at this jail? did they do something wrong and they're going to interview the staff, people they may interview other inmates and he did have a cellmate at some point and it's not clear if in this incident he had a cellmate that was there with him. it doesn't appear. it appears he was alone right now and there may be video. we've heard from people who are familiar with that area of the jail and they say there should be video so they'll be a

ask paul manafort. >>> federal prosecutors dropped it recently. what does this mean for how the president and his allies and his attorneys could respond to this. does it change anything? i think they refuse to provide the documents. and then there will be a fight. that's what they do. they refuse to follow normal legal responsibilities. my guess is what we will see is a battle which ultimately my guess is, the prosecutors in new york will win and the documents will have to be turned over. >> good news for the president at least temporarily. a federal judge blocked the state of new york from turning over donald trump's tax returns if requested by congress. can you walk us through what this means basically for this attempt by members of the house to get their hands on or get a better look at the president's financial records? >> yeah. it's sort of an interesting case. what happened is new york state passed a law that says they can turn the tax returns over to chairman neil at house ways and means. the house has not asked for the tax returns. but tru

manafort for time. i want to bring in cnn legal analyst and defense attorneys joey jackson and chan wu, also a former federal sex crimes prosecutor. joey, what are your initial questions for jail officials responsible for watching epstein? >> conv >> ana, good to be with you. first of all, this is appalling. there are many questions. you have to look and examine why someone who apparently was on suicide watch on the 23rd of july for which there was a suspicious episode, many of which believing it to be his suicide or him trying to take his life at that time, why he would only be on suicide watch for period of six days. to be clear, suicide watch is an indication that someone has some serious mental maladies for which they need to be constantly observed, that means under the observation of everyone else. why was it, even though you claim to have given him six days of daily evaluations, why was he allowed to get off of it thereafter? furthermore, once you go to the special housing unit and it's an extra s