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Florida didnt enter into the plea agreement. they did nothing. it was nonprosecution, based on the idea that, well, local authorities are prosecuting. thats good enough for us. we dont need to get involved and redouble the efforts of local prosecutors because they have done enough on their end. of course, today we look at that and say, doesnt really feel like enough was done in this it is yaption. going forward to your question, yesterday geoffrey berman said dont look too much into the fact tha...

With someone like this? so im curious to see where it goes. im also curious to see whether the corruption of this goes after the former state attorney that gave him that kind of sweetheart deal, barry krishener. so i think thats something were going to have to look at going forward. >> tom just said something, cynthia, about the public corruption. this is handled by the southern district of new york public corruption unit. why? >> well, we dont know why. it could be as simple as there were peopl...

They dont bring charges 60 days before anlection but that doesnt mean they dont stop working. theyre heavy on the case. >> thats interesting. so the doj guidelines and i imagine its something youre both familiar with. paul you worked in the corruption unit where this stuff is important because youre looking at politicians but this is pretty sacrosanct to the department of justice in that window. >> right. besaw what happened in the 2016 election when. >> whether he it was flagrantly violated by ...

Anyone from that team having any purpose including mueller to say that to giuliani? >> no, and the thing is, they also wouldnt say to the press even if giuliani is lying, theyre not going to go around correcting every misstatement. this is kind of a speaking document. this is as close to a press conference as muellers ever going to get. but when you look at phrases like multiple lines of inquiry, many aspects, not complete investigation. theres no way this is going to be wrapped up by september....

But then just as he was about to be sentenced on those corruption charges, the justice department made a stunning announcement. this was six years ago tonight. watch. >> its a stunning reversal in such a high-profile case. the justice department concluded that misconduct by prosecutors was serious enough to justify a new trial for ted stevens. but that the government will instead drop all the charges. attorney general eric holder after assigning a new team to examine the case concluded that pros...

Such a high-profile case. the justice department concluded that misconduct by prosecutors was serious enough to justify a new trial for ted stevens. but that the government will instead drop all the charges. attorney general eric holder after assigning a new team to examine the case concluded that prosecutors repeatedly withheld key evidence from the stevens defense team, which could have been used to challenge government witnesses. >> the justice department basically took it all back. they vaca...

Charge of the investigation for the department of justice. with no disrespect to barbara bosserman shes a max minute donor to the campaign. she supported the dnc and the victory fund. she has the right to do it, but shes also a lawyer. the canon sell when youre a lead prosecutor s. avoid the appearance of xwro prity. the political bias goes beyond bizarre. 15,000 lawyers and they shouldnt find someone from the corruption unit or an independent independent con? thats putting us in a difficult spo...