Transcript for Manafort case goes to jury

Virginia where this could be the final day of the palm at a for a trial which means that the president's former campaign chairman could be going to jail for life. So cap during talk to us a little bit about. What happened yesterday because it was contentious. At the closing arguments between what the defense is saying what the prosecution was saying and what it we know about when we might be able to get a verdict. Yes yesterday were that closing arguments the government went first on this and they subpoenaed. Com and a four presidents comes former campaign chairman as a liar as a schemer they said that it's really in that paper that is all of the evidence here well his defense. They countered that with calling Mann a port. A good guy saying he was a good businessman a good political consultant and that. This isn't all of his thought he did things in groups he brought his accounts and his bookkeeper and the prosecution's star witness repeats. The defense team is blaming all of this on that you see behind me or on day thirteen of this trial here about a couple hours ago the judge. I'd dismissed the jury to begin their deliberations they can begin once all of the evidence is in the room but as you can see if all of the stake out cameras behind me were just. Waiting for a verdict here but. The big thing is that yesterday that judge actually joked. With the jury that the room that they were going to be deliberating it up and not courtroom on the ninth floor a room off there they said. It's a small room well the jury this morning in court requested a bigger room and just put this in perspective the amount of evidence. They are getting 388. Exhibits from the government but just one of those exhibits has a total of 700 pages a one. So they have the fourth through mountains of evidence yesterday the judge gave them jury instructions he reminded listeners quote that the fended. In this case hasn't ounce flew right not testify and he told them to use their common sense. Your civic duty is certainly a job. When your juror on a trial and a trial like this and speaking of all the cameras behind you all the press that's been covering this. Trials lot of the time are a waiting game especially when there are no cameras no computers no cell phones allowed inside so. Can you just break it down forests is to win this verdict does finally eventually come in. What cast to happen for you to be able to get that information and then get it to us. OK I wanna say there's eighteen counts ever waiting on that that the jury has to agree on unanimously about how we get information out of that. As you mentioned no cell phones no cameras no communication in there it really comes down to the back door running over there in that courthouse we have folks in the courtrooms. Scribbling down. Notes that rip them off they handled the somebody who runs down all the way from the Ninth Ward down here. Hands need announce and then of course we can get the news out. To the news divisions so there's eighteen counts that they have to go through here. Of course we find him guilty or not guilty whenever that is that information will come out but what it would take a little bit and in the jurors all have this verdict she alana it's four pages the judge said and they will have. Each of those eighteen counts spelled out on their sheet and has two boxes indicating guilty or not guilty. So whenever this verdict is delivered of course they'll go in that courtroom up there on an eye for an information will literally come flowing out of editorial probably see a stampede of reporters. We'll becoming ever backs of these came. While we know that you'll be waiting and then will we waiting for you to pass that information on to classes they're but he awaits the verdict in the palm man for a trial. He noticed an important thing term remember here is that. Russia the Mueller investigation is not part of this probe that is obviously a question that is coming up. Because of man sports closest to president traps at Catherine thanks for joining us today.

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