paul manafort has, indeed, been indicted by the manhattan district attorney's office. according to court documents by nbc news by d.a. vance's office. joining me now is nbc's tom winter. tom, what does this case involve? >> andrea, this case involves and unsealed, a manhattan grand jury 16 counts of fraud and conspiracy around that. we're still going through the indictment and piecing through it if you will. the district attorney here in new york has purview over manafort's properties in new york and some of his real estate transactions, this investigation -- >> and tom. >> yes. >> tom, let me just interrupt you for just a moment, the manafort defense lawyer has just come to the microphone. let's listen in. >> conceded there was absolutely no evidence of russian collusion in this case. two courts have ruled no evidence of any collusion with