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>> so, right. were looking at abuse of power. were looking at corrupt practices by the president and were looking at obstruction of justice. you know, 81, i mean, when i heard that, i thought, thats it? it seems like theres a lot more, you know, folks out there, but, you know, i do believe that seeking voluntary information first is the way we should go about this. ideally they turn over the documents. if they dont, we have subpoena power that we didnt have before, but i do believe weve seen alr...

Over the country of their right at a fair shot to getting into some of the most elite universities in this country such as yale, stanford and georgetown. we believe everyone charged here today had a role in fostering a culture of corruption and greed that created an uneven playing field for students trying to get into these schools the right way through hard work, good grades and community service. unfortunately, what many students didnt know was that the odds had already been stacked against th...

While working an unrelated undercover operation. following ten months of intense investigative efforts using a variety of sophisticated techniques, the fbi uncovered what we believe is a rigged system. robbing students all over the country of their right at a fair shot to getting into some of the most elite universities in this country, such as yale, stanford, and georgetown. we believe everyone charged here today had a role in fostering a culture of corruption and greed that created an uneven p...

President is still in office. you know, they could put forward a conspiracy indictment that includes the president as an unindicted coconspirator for political reasons. one of the things that really came clear out of michael cohens testimony yesterday is that this is looking more and more like a racketeering or rico case that you have an overlapping group of players. you have an overlapping group of criminal conspiracies. you have an overlapping set of crimes. this is not individual instances. t...

Ittall seems possible theyre building a case in hopes to move forward while the president is still unoffice. they could put forward a conspiracy indictment. one of the things i think really comes true -- real a came clear out of michael cohens testimony yesterday is this is looking more and more like racketeering prosecution. the racketeering investigation, a rico case. you have an overlapping group of players. an overlapping group of conspiracies, an overlapping set of crimes. this is not indiv...

The public wants to know what happened. >> theyre institutionalests. the framers wanted checks and balances. if theres no place to make this public, thats a problem. >> why did the president tell, if he did, tell michael cohen, his lawyer fixer to lie about his business dealings in russia. theyre not illegal. they looked unsavory. >> unsavory as you point out. is there foreign corrupt practices yet. >> it might begin to look like a reason hes doing a business deal. >> there are signatures the da...

A lot of corrupt practices that have gone undetected do you feel sometimes like a lone wolf fighting against corruption because almost nobody stands up and serves one of four against corruption not anymore i feel like the crisis has actually broken the almighty in many ways the website that i built broken home at that as well but i feel people due to their disappointment in the system and decades of mismanagement are willing to step forward and talk about corruption more openly than they did bef...

Hes making? >> no, i think its a legal one, chuck. theres actually a provision inside of the sentencing guidelines that indicate people who hold a position of trust or authority can actually be sentenced at a higher level than just those of us who are private citizens. thats not necessarily limited to government, but it applies to government. and as reality, we know that people who are entrusted with public funds or public responsibility who engage in corrupt practices become special targets in ...

Kremlin, up to and including what looks to the world like a $50 million bribe to vladimir putin himself. at the same time, both sides told the same sets of lies about what was happening, both donald trump and the kremlin denied that the russians did the hacking, denied that donald trump had business interest, that they had back and forth. stop right there. theyre working together. even if nothing else. what you see, say russia thought this guy, we have him under our thumb, and donald trump and h...

Outspoken critic of the law that makes this bribery illegal. >> nothing has actually changed of with that law. your assertion is the department of justice is simply interpreting it in a way thats allowing people to engage in corrupt practices overseas. allowing businesses in america to engage in corrupt practices overseas. >> thats right. and this isnt something that is necessarily changed under the trump administration. ill come back to that in a second. but what we have is a regime in which co...