the crimes and not paul manafor >> one to have the people was a man named rick gates, former deputy chaman under manafort at the trump campaign in 2016 ad also his right hand in his consulting firm, also the star witness for the prosecution. how did his tes ptimoay? >> it was so interesting because the prosecution used rick gat a great deal, but when it came time for closing arguments the prosecution didn't use rick gates for an hr, seemingly trying to distance himself. the defense saidick gates was lying on his taxes, had a secret life, had an affair with a woman many london, all of which were entered into the record and accurate. so they were trying to argue rick gates was really theeh mastermindd all of this and that for the ross pcution to lean so much of its case on rick gates was a fundamental flaw with their case. the interesting thing was that e prosecution in their closing today said, okay, the fact that rick gates may have had an affair with someone ten yearso n london doesn't change the fact that paul manafort committed tax fraud. so they're trying to separate the two saying our