mr. manafort has committed a crime while he's on bail. as we sit here today, judge, mr. manafort is out on a $10 million recognizance bond and he's been indicted for a crime while on bail." and the judge responds, "thank you. i want to take some time to absorb it." and then at that point there's actually a little bit more arguing, more pleading from manafort's defense counsel about the delicate balancing act the judge says is needed here. the judge says okay, takes a 15-minute recess. and then she comes back and she issues her ruling. and she explains why she's going to put the president's campaign chairman in jail. and this part of what happened today, this is the part that -- it's going to make your kid who's watching with you -- watching this tonight with you, it's going to make your kid want to grow up to not be just a lawyer and to definitely not want to be a defendant. this is the part that's maybe going to make your kid want to be a judge. so if you don't want that, time to turn me off. so the judge comes back from the 15-minute recess. and she says, "the touchston

mr. manafort remained in contact with mr. kilmnik throughout the presidential campaign when he traveled to the united states to meet with manafort. the men also traded e-mails in which they appeared to discuss ways to use mr. manafort's position on the campaign for financial gain. evelyn farkas, how problematic is that? >> may i say -- i'm not a journalist so i don't have to source all this. i already said months ago i suspect manafort is actually a russian agent because he's refusing to cave. and the only reason you would refuse to cave or one good reason would be that you actually are a russian agent and vladimir putin will get you and so maybe jail is a better alternative. >> better than being in a federal prison.

manafort. if the prosecutors, if mr. mueller's team embraces manafort as a cooperating witness, then they sort of own him. and when they put him on the stands, they're going to be perceived as being aligned with somebody who has tampered with witnesses. and, you know, that makes for a real credibility challenge for that kind of a witness. >> glenn, quickly, then, with this now added on to the balance, does this give mueller even a better opportunity, would you say, now to flip him finally? >> if mueller's team is interested in bringing mr. manafort on as a cooperating witness, i think now is the time. the leverage is high. and i think we all know that by virtue of mr. manafort being president trump's campaign manager for more than just a minute, as we say, he undoubtedly can bring important information to the table. >> you say if, though, glenn. and you use words carefully. do you get a sense that he may not want to for reasons that you just mentioned? >> i'll tell you, as a career prosecutor until two weeks ago, i'm alwa

linked with a pro— ukraine group that mr manafort was involved with in terms of his lobbying activityone of those witnesses, according to an fbi agent quoted in court papers, coming forward saying he'd been approached by mr manafort and that it was an attempt to influence their testimony at the upcoming trial. of course, that would be a violation of his current status, he's been released, he's been under house arrest since his initial court appearance last october and there is now a possibility that robert mueller will go to the judge, as he is planning to do, to ask thejudge to reconsider those conditions of his release, or perhaps to revoke them altogether, which means he could go to jail. he may not be, as you say, free on bailfor much longer but in the meantime the president is trying to distance himself from his former campaign manager? that's right. paul manafort

these two not officially connected, but there is a suspicion that a lot of the case against mr manafort try to get him to give evidence perhaps mr trump, certainly against others in the trump campaign. yes. these charges specifically don't relate to activity related to the campaign and he was the campaign manager during the 2016 election. he was employed in the march of that year. his job was to run the convention, the republican convention that year. in fa ct, republican convention that year. in fact, donald trump has been at pains in recent weeks to distance himself from paul manafort, stressing he was only with the campaign for a short period of time and that he was not aware of the fbi investigation against him going back several yea rs. clearly very against him going back several years. clearly very serious charges. he is the most senior person related to the donald trump election campaign to face charges of this nature and, as we now know, there are other people as well. peter, thank you very much indeed for that. guatemala's deadliest volcanic eruption in more than a century has

two new charges, obstruction of justice mr manafort.wo new charges, obstruction ofjustice and conspiracy to obstruct justice obstruction ofjustice and conspiracy to obstructjustice and they stem from allegations we heard about earlier in the week that he had attempted allegedly to tamper with witnesses, contacting them using mobile phones and encrypted messaging services. the allegation being that he was attempting to influence their testimony at any future trial. a second person, konstantin kilimnik, is facing the same obstruction charges. he is said to bea same obstruction charges. he is said to be a long—time associate of mr manafort, described by some as a right—hand man in ukraine, and perhaps, according to prosecutors, with connections with russian intelligence. as far as mr manafort is concerned, he's facing a string of crime charges to do with financial affairs and he is likely to be in court again at the end of next week, not to face trial, but for a judge to look at the conditions of his bail. those conditions of his bail. tho

mr. manafort. here's what towed say when asked about -- what he had to say when asked about this morning before the bail was revoked. >> he worked for me for what? 49 days or something. a very short period of time. i feel some badly for some people because they went back 12 years to find some things about somebody and i don't think it's right. >> shannon: only a short amount of time in the campaign but now he's behind bars. he'll be sitting there and have a lot of time to think about this. is there a chance he has anything that would be helpful to mueller and the investigators? >> that's the $64,000 question, isn't it? it's clear this effort to potomaniaknotter jail -- to put manafort in jail is to put pressure on him. now he'll be asked to come forward. now is when the reality of his situation has been brought forth to him. if he's got nothing to trade, if he continues to fight, he's looking at spending the rest of his life in jail and that can't be comfortable for him. so i don't know what manafo

mr. manafort's right-hand man in ukraine and said to have connections with russian intelligence. mr. fort is due back in court at the end of next week when a judge will consider his conditions of bail and there isi a plity that those conditions will be tightened or bail could be revoked ahl altogether, in which case he'll be sent to jail to wait for his upcoming trial. >> thank you very much guatemala has asked for more aid communitynternational after the volcanicwh eruption h has claimed more than 100 livepls. thevoano exploded last saturday. rescue efforts hampered by bad weather. reporter: more evacuations as the fuego volcano, loomi over the dwault malo land scaife, continues to spilts smoke and re, clouds of ash high into the air. >> for the moment, the national civil police is evacuating the people located in the area surrounding the mountain. there's a lot of activity at the fuego volcano, which puts the lives of everyone in therea at risk. a match quantity of material could come all the way to where we are now. >> sunday's deadlyn, erupt sent cents a fast-moving mixturg of and

mr. manafort of going a step further. new documents from the fbi allege over the past several months manafort repeatedly reached out otential witnesses. at least one of them says it appeared to them manafort was trying to get them to lie about their lobbying efforts. now mueller is asking a judge to revoke manafort's bail which could land him behind bars until his trial gets under way this fall. remember, this is a guy that the president had running his campaign during a crucial period. i'm talking about the rnc inhe summer of 2016. it didn't last there. it didn't last long, excuse me. manna port joined the campaign in march of 2016 and was the campaign chairman by the middle of may. but he was fired just three months later when his ties to ukraine were revealed in "the new york times." the president has been trying to distance himself from manafort ever since. >> i know mr. manafort. haven't spoken to him in a long time, but i know him. he was with the campaign, as you know, for a very short period of time. but i've alway

mr. manafort has been accused of many things, including money laundering. he is going to jail today because of something else. kevin: yes, just within the last several weeks paul manafort was accused of witness tampering, and that is likely is going time bars today. that court ruling just within the last hour. he will await trial for the charges you alluded to -- chief among them conspiring against the united states. the trial set for the next couple of months. the critique of the judge, who school,his is it middle i can't take your phone," clearly a response to paul manafort's legal team, who were arguing that he ought to be able to maintain under house arrest. she ultimately decided it would work you bars will have to await his fate, fate that could pose similar significant legal risk for michael cohen. david: this is not the first time there are accusations of witness tampering for mr. manafort. did you just keep doing it? -- did he just keep doing it? kevin: yes, that is the allegation, and that is what led him to hot legal water. the charges surfaced be

mr. manafort? answer, he did. question, did you subsequently issue a grand jury subpoena to a facility named public storage? answer, i did. that's how they found it. why would the a.p. reporters be giving information to the fbi? that's the way the fbi agent described it. the associated press later clarified compactly what happened there. they put out a statement today explaining how they think the public should see this meeting. this is from an a.p. spokeswoman. "associated press journalists met with representatives from the department of justice in an effort to get information on stories they were reporting, as reporters do, said a.p. spokesperson lauren easton. during the course of the meeting they asked department of justice representatives about a storage locker belonging to paul manafort without sharing its name or location." so that's how it happens. you know, i can't help but think that this is sometimes just the way these things go. reporters go to the government, they go to get confirmation or comment, wh

mr. manafort was lucky to get out on bail.he has done what he was alleged to have done, the judge would have every right to throw him in jail. >> the wife of george papadapoulos, another former trump adviser who pleaded guilty to lying about his contacts with russia and he was on fox news last night to beg president trump for a pardon.s wife on f should say. and she says her husband had nothing to do with russia. how do you see it?>> i certainln the basis of what mr. mueller has talked about with respec pa. but i'm sure that if part of the strategy, what you try to do is find aetic spouse ke a but mr. mueller does things by the book. he's a republican, he's worked in two administrations and i think he's going to continue to act in that fashion. >> the president, do you believe, is sending clear messages and clear signals with this option of holding out pardonso individuals as we've seen in recent days? >> there is no question about it. and not only is he holding out the prospect of a pardon, but they have made -- the president

mr manafort has disputed the charges, but mr kilimink has yet to respond.re's the bbc‘s peter bowes. this is a sign that the special counsel, mr mueller is determined to exert maximum legal pressure on mr manafort. two new charges, obstruction of justice manafort. two new charges, obstruction ofjustice and conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction ofjustice and conspiracy to obstructjustice, and they stem from allegation is that we had about earlier in the week, that he had attempted allegedly to tamper with witnesses, contacting them using their mobile phones and encrypt the messaging services. the allegation being that he was attempting to influence their testimony at any future trial. the second person, konstantin kilimnik, is facing the same obstruction charges, he is said to be a long—time associate of mr manafort, described as some as a right—hand man in ukraine. and perhaps, according to prosecutors, with connections to russian intelligence. as far as connections to russian intelligence. as faras mr connections to russian intelligence. as far as mr

mr. manafort. answer, they had. dou did one of the reporters mention the storage unit associated with mr. manafort? answer, he did. did you issue a grand jury subpoena to a facility named public storage? answer, i did. that's how they found it. why would the a.p. reporter be given information to the fbi? seriously the press later clarified exactly what happened there. they put out a statement today explaining how they think the public should see this meeting. this is from an a.p. spokesperson. in an effort to get information on stories they were reporting as reporters do says lauren easton. during the course of the meeting, they asked the department of justice representatives about a storage locker belonging to manafort without sharing the name and location. that's how it happens. i can't help but think sometimes this is the way these things go. reporters go to the government and they go to get confirmation or comment or whatever information they could get. the government no comments but by accident, the government

this relates to a tax and lobbying case against mr manafort.. that's it for now, thank you for watching. good morning. the best of the sunshine on monday was out to the west, particular south—west wales. for most of us it was a pretty grey, cloudy start to our new working week, wasn't it? in fact, this weather watcher's picture sums it up quite nicely, the cloud thick enough for the odd spot or two of drizzle. we start like that for many today, but fingers crossed conditions will improve later on. now, it's a very quiet weather story right throughout the week across the uk, with high—pressure sitting up into the north, and this north—easterly flow. now, that's responsible for driving in this cloud through the night, and it makes for a pretty grey, murky start. but, as we go through the day, it does look as though the cloud will start to thin and break and push its way down into south wales and south—west england. here, it could stay little disappointing, but with more sunshine coming through, temperatures will peak perhaps at around 20 degrees.

mr. manafort was lobbying at the time for victor yanakovich who had close buys ties to mr.fore he was thrown out by his own people and so the picture though it's not necessarily fact but the picture here is that perhaps ties to putin was also tied to this yana kovich, and you can see where mueller is trying to get the pressure on manafort to talk. neil: understood adam thank you very very much, i have judge and andrew napolitano on the phone with me now. what do you think? >> well this is a significant blow to manafort because his lawyers have to go to jail and bring hundreds even thousands of documents this is a very very very document-intense case talking about close to a million pages of documents, the government supplied the defense and they have to review every one and they can't do it in their offices they have to do it in a jail so it's a significant significant setback for him. basically, what the judge did this morning was to find it is probably true, not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt because he gets that in front of a jury but probably true that he did what ada

mr. manafort. i think now the court will be faced with a clear question about whether or not he can safely keep mr. manafort at liberty and not compromise the integrity of this investigation and this case. i think the expectation is he will lose his freedom pending trial because of these new charges. >> me could wind up in jail in the coming days. kilimnik appears to be the person the mueller team described as having ties to a russian intelligence service. how concerning would that be? >> i think that's very concerning. we should remember this is the 20th person, the third entity now and five guilty pleas. this is an ongoing and serious investigation. this is a russian national that's been indicted with mr. manafort who was part of his lobbying practice. i think it should be very concerning to mr. manafort. the expectation is at some point he's going to feel compelled to come forward and tell everything he knows. this is just going to be dagsal pressure on him to do that. >> president trump didn't

mr. manafort had been under house arrest while awaiting trial for charges ranging from money laundering to conspiracy against the u.s.. before it was announced that mr. manafort would be going to jail, president trump spoke to reporters outside the white house about the mueller investigation and the fbi's handling of the melt probe. also askednt was about north korea and the u.s. immigration policy of separating children at the border. reporter: mr. president. reporter: mr. president. do you think actions were unfair to hillary? >> is there a reason you keep praising kim jong un? >> one at a time. reporter: actions were unfair to hillary? president trump: no. i think james comey was unfair to the people of this country. i think what he did was a disgrace. i think he goes down as the worst f.b.i. director in the history by far. there's nobody close. and i think i did the country a tremendous favor by firing him. president trump: no, i think, actually, if you take a look, when he totally exonerated her, because i call it comey three, he had one, two, and then comey three, he totally exonerat

mr. manafort sits in jail. this is very clearly a pressure tactic on him to induce him to plead guilty to avoid trial. host: let me get your reaction to another story. and "the washington post" has the headline at this hour. you revealed another cotion, another meeting in 2016 with another russian operative, and "the washington post" has this exchange between you and mike. how crazy is the russian? your response, wants big money for the info. waste of time. the russian way anything at all interesting. can you explain what this is all about? guest: absolutely. a long time associate of mine asked me to meet with a gentleman by the name of henry greenberg. turns out that's not his real name because he had information that he said he wanted to pass on to the trump campaign. i met with mr. greenberg who has now been revealed to be a long-time f.b.i. informant and he told me he wanted $2 million for unspecified information. needless to say i declined. i said i didn't have $2 million , and even if i did, i wouldn't us

mr. manafort sits in jail. it's very clearly a pressure tactic to induce him to plead guilty to avoid trial. >> i want your reaction to another story. you revealed another conversation in 2016 with another russian operative in the washington post has this exchange between you and mike. the russian wants big money for the info, waste of time, can you explain what this is about? >> he's a longtime associate of mine and asked me to meet with the gentleman by the name of henry greenberg. that is not his real name. he had information he said he wanted to pass on to the trump campaign. i met with mr. greenberg who is a longtime fbi informant. he said he wanted to million dollars for unspecified information. needless to say i declined and said i did not have $2 million. even if i did i would not use it to buy political information. and he said it's not your money i want, it's donald trump's. he said donald trump doesn't pay for political information. i have reported this meeting now that he has refresh my memory it wa

mr. manafort as he awaits trial. we have two gentlemen here to talk about it who know a lot about this. with us tonight, chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney and former senior fbi official. and frank figliuzzi, who has worked for robert mueller among others in the past. gentlemen, welcome to you both. frank, reading this reporting tonight about -- in "the new york times," what stands out to you? >> a couple of thoughts, brian. first, witness tampering is a very serious offense because it goes to the heart of our justice system and the credibility of the system. and in reading the charges, we're seeing a man here, paul manafort, who just seems to have utter contempt for the system. it's very typical for your bond conditions in the federal system to say, by the way, you can't have contact with witnesses in this case. not only did he have contact with witnesses, he had contact with multiple witnesses, and he did it using encrypted applications is what we're hearing. so that itself could show the intent to corruptly communicate and alter the statements of witnesses. the witnesses themselve

ofjustice and conspiracy to obstructjustice against both mr manafort and konstantin kilimnik. k has been publicly named. the international criminal court has overturned the war crimes conviction of the former congolese vice—president jean—pierre bemba. he was also acquitted of crimes against humanity. in 2016, mr bemba was given an 18—year sentence for atrocities committed by his forces in the central african republic, including rape and murder. the judges ruled that he should not have been held liable for crimes committed by his troops in a foreign country. football's world governing body fifa has suspended ghana's top football official after he was seen on camera accepting a cash gift from someone pretending to be a businessman. kwesi nyantakyi was a target in a two—year undercover investigation by a ghanaian journalist, anas arameyew anas. his film has left ghanaian football in turmoil. peter okwoche reports. these are the images that have sullied kwesi nya nta kyi's reputation. it's a huge fall from grace for the second most powerful man in african football. his campaign to

mr. manafort as he sits in that jail cell. jeff? lor: all right, paula reid with the latest on paul manafort tonight. paula, thank you. a sheriff's deputy is dead, another critically wounded after they were shot allegedly by an inmate they were taking to court. they were attacked today outside a courthouse in kansas city. tony dokoupil has the latest on this. >> reporter: you can see what appears to be blood on the ground outside the wyandotte county courthouse where police say a prisoner stepping out of this white van, somehow got a gun and opened fire on two sheriffs deputies. john garcia saw the aftermath. >> i seen them carrying an officer away, shot in maybe the chest. and then i seen a second officer carried away, and he was shot, maybe in his head. >> reporter: the fallen officer was identified as deputy patrick war, a 35-year-old with seven years of service. he died at university of kansas medical center, where the second female officer is in critical condition. according to police, shots rang out shortly after 11:00 a.m., as

mr. manafort that will continue. >> and they do continue.ays a pleasure to have you, sir. >> thank you. >>> all right. so a lot there. issue of civility, i'm not sure we moved the ball very forward on that. there seems to be different interpretations as to who it should apply to. >> and when. >> and though he doesn't work for the government, there is no explanation for why the children have not been reunited with their parents. >> no. >> that was a master class in what about ism. it was civility for thee but not for me. a degree of deflection. no assumption of responsibility for solving the problem on the part of the president or the government. he's not a member of the government. that's fair. has he advised the president to put forward or back a specific immigration plan. the constant fixation is designed to absolve himself and the president any culpability. >> as we know, it's a trap. >> moving forward, election results. what they mean for the future of the the tkraic party. van jones weighs in next. -♪ he's got legs of lumber and arms of

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mr. manafort, but about the message that this could be sending to other people that might be tempted to cooperate with the special counsel. kevin: i would make two points. paul manafort's allegations, the chief among them that he was inspiring against the united states, this goes back to his time before the trump campaign. president trump has remarkably tried to distance himself from paul manafort, his previous campaign chairman. earlier today, president trump's said he anticipated that he's going to take on this court case as it relates to him, to get involved. reportedly earlier today, president trump and his legal team could make a decision as early as next week on whether or not he will testify before bob mueller's investigation team shery:. shery: it sounds like the president is trying to distance himself from a growing number of his former colleagues or associates who are under terminal investigation, or in the case of manafort, under indictment. julie: he also talked about michael cohen, who he said is no longer his lawyer, although that seems relatively clear. what is the latest and the r

mr. manafort's bank fraud. you really care about getting information that mr. can give you that can reflect on president trump and lead to his impeachment. so this appears to be b a big turn around. sarah, what does this mean for paul manafort now? >> well it basically means he's goeng to be preparing now for two trials. one in virginia and one in washington, d.c. as we saw today, this was a judge who said the most sympathetic things to paul manafort and towards his play out of any of these motions he's made to get these charges and trials dismissed and that did not work in virginia. i think one of the things that was telling was that it was warranted for the counsel to be looking into this work paul manafort had been doing for ukrainian politicians. that's something the government said was well worth looking into to see if that could have tied to the question of whether there was collusion between trump campaign officials and russians. those aren't the charges paul manafort tis facing. he's facing charges relating to foreign lobbying. the oh thing the judge sa

mr. manafort was trying to s incite perjury.on follows trump's seemingly out of the blue tweets over the weekend, distancing himself from manafort. it was trump's first mention of manafort's name on twitter since last october. joining the conversation mnow, what do you think is going on here with manafort and do you think he's going to jail? >> i think he's going to jail. this is the stupidest thing that a defendant can do, this sort of witness tampering. the only hope is to somehow try to construe it in a way that seems to make it different from what it was. it's a very ham handed, fairly blatant series of attempts. our friends, they never lobbied in the u.s., right? and we're trying to get in touch with you because i've told everyone that it's only in been in europe, right? that distinction is everything for the charge of the lobbying in the u.s. that he's been levelled with. prosecutors hate this, judges this. if they find this happened, there's a presumption that no circumstances exist that will get him safely there for tria

mr. manafort. there simple is no excuse for this sort of mistake.s you know faces charges brought by special counsel robert mueller including money laundering fax fraud and obstruction of justiceheot new oaand stinction. >> a opening u it's all about soft power. what is that? we'll have the answer just west makings of the marine layer enjoy it because we have h (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) ♪ ♪ ( ♪ ) your heart doesn't only belong to you. child: bye, grandpa! and if you have heart failure, entrusting your heart to entresto may help. entresto is a heart failure medicine that helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital compared to a leading heart failure medicine. don't take entresto if pregnant. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the mo

mr. manafort. i don't think they knew exactly, but i think they had a sense of what was coming. so certainly very tense. it was the most packed courtroom i've seen there for any manafort hearing since his arraignment last october. and the judge gave sort of a head fake when it was time to give the ruling. she suggested maybe that she was maybe going to give him one more chance, but eventually said she couldn't trust manafort. there had simply been too much a history of him seeming to skirt her orders and another judge's orders, and she just didn't think she could trust him to abide by whatever conditions she may impose. >> and just quickly, could you discern, could you read from his body language, from his -- any kind of a reaction to all of this from paul manafort? >> i didn't see much in the way of reaction. his facial expression was pretty neutral. he seemed rather resigned to the situation. in court he's generally been resigned. he seemed a little bit more dour maybe than on previous appearances, and he gave his wife sort of a half wave, a somewhat feeble wave as he was leavi

mr. manafort's actions and the focus on the president's conduct, it's all about how people involved m this orbit have interacted with this investigation. >> ashley parker, paul manafort has never been any match for your keyboard, and you of course have done it again. let me know your thinking about the trump/manafort relationship, and i ask because president trump went there again this weekend, trying to trot out that he was with the campaign for a very short period of time. the guy had business cards inted that said he was chairman of the trump presidential effort. >> yeah, it's a little bit of revisionist history the way the president wants to sort of wipe paul manafort and his fairly long-standing relationship with him just even socially in new york, living in the same building, i believe, sort of from the public record now. it is true that paul manafort did not start the campaign at the beginning, but he was there for a crucial period of time. and sort of everything we're seeing with paul manafort, if you talk to people close to the president, on the one hand they say what mueller is l

mr. manafort is innocent and nothing about this latest allegation changes our defense.do our talking in court. his legal team has till friday to respond initially ahead of a june 5 hearing in washington, d.c. this would not be the first time he could lewded to defy the court. according to mueller, the two teamed up a few months ago to ghost write an op-ed defending manafort's work in ukraine. they were previously in touch throughout 2016 while manafort was workingnhe trump campaign. this russian hinch man kilimnik serving as the liaison t powerful russian interests. it was kilimnik who manafort contacted about leveraging his new role in the campaign to curry favor with the billionaire russian oligarch writing i assume have you shown our friends my media coverage, right? how do we use to get whole? besides the trump power meeting, that's about as close as we've come to a smoking gun on collusion. like manafort, this kilni is not acting like someone with nothing to hide. recent recently ukrainian law enforcement allowed him to flee to russia putting him out of reach forue

mr. manafort's former business associates to perjure themselves in the upcoming trial in september. the new charges should be seen for what it is, an attempt to derail the modified conditions of rae lease at the 11th hour. there's no reason to believe the newest charge has increased the flight risk. joining us now barbara mcquade, an msnbc legal contributor. and matt miller former spokesman for attorney general eric holder. barbara, first to you in this argument that manafort's lawyers are trying to make, they're trying to say not only is there very little evidence that mueller's team has produced, a couple text messages that were short text messages but also in talking about or filing this it created a lot of news coverage that will negatively impact paul manafort's ability to get a fair trial. >>, of course, today we had the indictment where a grand jury found there was probable cause to issue these charges. so they were satisfied based on the evidence of text messages and statements made by the witnesses who were approached. i know it may appear to some people that robert mueller

mr. manafort. it's one thing for us lay people to go throh it, anrt parts of it really read like a clear and present danger. it's active wording. how did it read to you? what did you take away from this? >> it's a really interesting pleading, brian. on the technical legal side of things, one of the conditions of paul manafort's release is that he not commit another federal crime. so now the government has brought before the judge probable cause to believe he's tampered with a witness, and that's a good reason to revoke his bond. in t or thretimes i had this happen in my career, everyone on the prosecution team got incredibly angry and immediately went to the judge, asking that the defendant be taken into custody pending trial is a defendantho's out trying on to influence witnesses and avoid the fair trial that the people of the united states are entitled to in these cases. so that's likely the reaction here. what's incredibly interesting is that mort would have done this no doubt despite the advice

mr. manafort to flip? possibly. we are seeing him ascend the singles fromsing pardons with reckless abandon. absolutely double play into any potential cooperation agreement that t prosecutors may enter into with paul manafort. i will s,ty k, that nothing is betterti incen to enter into cooperation agreement with the government then pretrial detention, which is what paul manafort is doing. tiit could potly be the rest of his life. if there isn't a part in there, now uld be the time he would be thinking about what he potentially has to offer the special counsel's office. it is not necessarily a question of cutting a deal. federal prosecutors don't really cut a deal. they outline the parameters of the cooperation agreement and see what you have come if you are 100% truthful and manafort does not even cooperate with the parameters of this case, wh with the osha investigation, but everything that he knows. eand then down the line o he lieads guilty, the government would recommend ter sentence at sentencing. laura: you ar

mr. manafort into detention immediately. that is where things stand right now. > sandra: all right. doug mckelway, thank you. this federal judge has revokedman a manafort's bail and sent him to jail. this happened moments ago and he will await trial. the judge cited in the new charges of manafort tried to influence the testimony of two of the government's witnesses after he had been granted bail. and this, of course, is the president's former campaign chairman. he had been allowed to post a $10 million bond and remain at home while he was awaiting his september trial on these charges, including money laundering and false statements but that now, of course, all changes as we have learned that the decision has been revoked from the courtroom. bill? >> bill: one thing to keep in mind here. this case as the president said earlier today does not have anything to do with him at the moment. or if at all. the case against manafort was money laundering. and the charges that went against him he was taking money from ukraine and shipping it to cyprus and eventually the unit

mr. manafort's former business associates to perjure themselves in the upcoming trial in september.he new charges of witness tampering made by the special counsel should be seen for what it is, an attempt to fee rail the modified conditions of release at the 11th hour. there's no reason to believe the latest charge has somehow increased the risk of flight in this case. joining us now barbara mcquade, former federal prosecutor, now professor of law at the university of michigan, an msnbc legal contributor. and matt miller former spokesman for attorney general eric holder. and msnbc contributor. barbara, first to you, in this argument that manafort's lawyers are trying to make, they're trying to say not only is there very little evidence that mueller's team has produced, a couple text messages that were short text messages, but also in talking about or filing this it created a lot of news coverage that will negatively impact paul manafort's ability to get a fair trial. >> well, of course today we had the indictment where a grand jury found that there is probable cause to issue these c