his co-defendant is konstantin kilimnik. he is believed to be associated with russian intelligence. he is believed to be hiding in russia rather than face these charges. in addition to being listed as manafort's co-defendant, he appears here in the evidence list. item number 1194. kk we believe is the nickname for him and that's the way manafort referred to him. there are also these couple references who we believe may to be a russian oligarch who is known to be very close to vladimir putin and is known to have extensive business dealings. his name is oleg dare passka. we'll have more on his role. this was always going to be a difficult prospect for him. you don't have the wind at your back had you're coming off eight convictions. eight felony federal convictions right before you start a new trial on seven more counts. in terms of the president's legal jeopardy though, this second manafort trial has got a lot of russian stuff in it. it is a lot closer to the original concerns related to russia that started the special counsel's investigation in the first place. after initial reports

konstantin kilimnik, an associate of manafort's, who is described in court documents as a suspected russiangence operative. also indicted, 13 russian nationals and three russian entities charged with interfering in the 2016 election. and most recently, another group of 12 russian nationals charged with hacking the democratic national committee and the clinton campaign. could more charges be coming? his team has interviewed at least two dozen members of the trump administration and other trump associates. >> bob mueller is not making deals left and right. rick gates, george papadopoulos, and michael flynn all traded some pieces of information for their respective plea deals. that's presumably incredibly important information. >> reporter: one crucial remaining question, what has mueller found out about that june 2016 trump tower meeting between donald trump jr., paul manafort, jared kushner, and russians who promised to share dirt on hillary clinton? trump junior has said that he never told his father about the meeting. >> there was nothing to tell. it was literally just a wasted 20 minutes,

knowingly failed to report 15 foreign bank accounts and one of those was tied to a man named konstantin kilimnik, a man prosecutors say has direct ties to russian intelligence. he was the middle man between manafort himself and russian billionaire oleg deripaska. offered private briefings to trump to during the campaign. a putin insider so in the center of this he's now sanctioned by the u.s. treasury department. gates told the jury that manafort directed him to lie. and money wired to his bank account as loans rather than income. cut manafort's taxable income that left him with a whole lot of unreported money that he could use things to fund like that $15,000 ostrich jacket, a $130,000 mercedes, landscaping, millions on suits and even a cake yol karaoke setup. this is the pair that was so central to president trump's election, a pair trump extolled publicly not so long ago. >> paul manafort has done an amazing job. he's here someplace. where is paul? paul manafort. oh, good. you made it. paul manafort has done a fantastic -- and all of paul's people. paul brought on his staff. we really do, we

counsel has since alleged gates was in contact with a man who worked a russian spy agency, konstantin cal liki. kilimnik worked for russia. kilimnik has been charged in a separate case in washington, d.c. for helping manafort tamper with witnesses. >> he owed you millions of dollars when he was the head of the trump campaign? >> gates was also involved in a failed business venture with manafort and oleg deripaska, who is a close ally of vladimir putin. deripaska has sued manafort and gates for mishanding the $100 million he invested in a private equity company. manafort and gates were supposed to manage it. during the campaign, manafort offered deripaska a private briefing two weeks before trump accepted the nomination. all of the details behind these deals are fair game for prosecutors to probe gates on as part of the plea deal he struck this year. cnn, washington. >> very interesting. our thanks to jessica there. >>> just out this morning there is a new interview in the "new york times" magazine and it's with house speaker paul ryan, who rarely speaks publicly. at least to the media. in it he addresse