-- if we fold, we will have nothing." >> whitaker: four months after xi's arrest, his lawyer peter zeidenbergonsistencies to the u.s. attorney's office in philadelphia. three weeks later, they dropped the case. zeidenberg sees disturbing parallels with sherry chen's case. so how did she get in trouble? >> zeidenberg: the story started when she went to china to visit her parents. she had a somewhat happenstance meeting with a former classmate of hers, a vice minister in the water ministry. >> whitaker: the vice minister asked chen how the u.s. pays for dam repairs. did you think there was anything, i don't know, secretive about that information? >> chen: it's never crossed my mind. it's not a secret. >> whitaker: when chen got back to ohio, she asked her boss for publicly available information, which she did send to he she also searched this government database. since she wasn't a regular user, chen borrowed a password from her colleague. sharing passwords was common in the office. she never sent information from the database to china, but federal prosecutors charged chen with illegally access

. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor peter zeidenberg says gates cooperation could lead to more indictments in the probe. >> there will be other shoes to drop in this investigation. >> reporter: gates said he falsified these financial document s because manafort was upset. gates revealed to manafort how much he owed. manafort replied, wtf, how could i be blind-sided like this. bianna. >> as gayle said at the top of the show, a real life telenovela happening there. paula, thank you. >>> president trump held a business dinner with a group of ceos. the corporate leaders invited to his new jersey golf club including johnson & johnson ceo alex gorske. a years ago, gorske vitt after the president chose not to condemn white supremacists at a ramally in charlottesville. >>> tesla ceo elon musk stunned wall street by saying he may be preparing the take his electric car company private. it sent the stock soaring. let to stock trading for a short time. tony dokoupil is at a tesla dealership. with the factors behind potentially the largest buyout in american history. tony, good morning. >> reporter: go