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Of two ways to get the owner of the accounts consent or to follow a proper criminal process, which could be a subpoena or other effort to legally obtain the e-mails. i dont think theres any reason to think theres anything unlawful that happened here. ultimately, this is about casting a shadow on the investigation. >> what do you think its about, richard? the suggestion is its more politics as opposed to legally. i had several people on the broadcast who said this letter they point out was sent t...

I think thats very important. i think they need to cooperate with mr. mueller so that they dont do anything, for example, you dont want them releasing information that is not already public and that could give a clue to someone else whos being investigated that might change how they answer questions. so you want to be careful of that and work with the special prosecutor. >> yeah, in criminal process, they frequently sequester witnesses so one witness cant know what another witness has said even ...

With mr. mueller so that they dont do anything, for example, you dont want them releasing information that is not already public and that could give a clue to someone else whos being investigated that might change how they answer questions. so you want to be careful of that and work with the special prosecutor. >> yeah, in criminal process, they frequently sequester witnesses so one witness cant know what another witness has said even during trials so that it wont enable them to adjust their tes...

Frustrated as are very many americans. in fact, federal tax dollars were used and a lot of them in an effort to track down this mother and her son all the way in mexico. now, dannys absolutely correct with regard to the way the state criminal process is going to work and unfold for ethan couch. however, if there were a desire by the u.s. federal authorities, the justice department, the federal fugitive act which authorizes the marshals service to get involved in apprehending state fugitives in t...

Move forward with a suit against the department of defense. is that likely to be successful? probably not. the reality is as hard as it is for these families to see whats going on, they have to stop and wait for the criminal process. >> jamie: wait? its been four years. >> i agree. >> jamie: heres staff sergeant, former, because hes had seven gunshots. ive talked to him. ive interviewed him. i especially feel his pain because i lived for two months at fort hood, texas where this trial is taking ...

Against lance armstrong. you mentioned00 of tests he has taken. at a certain point where does this end? >> part of what lances attorneys are arguing this is outcome oriented for a vendetta that top officials have against lance armstrong. >> they were looking at criminal process. that is higher bar, beyond a reasonable doubt for a criminal proceeding. this is not a criminal proceeding. this is civil proceeding which is much lower bar. jenna: vendetta? >> i dont know. let the process go forward. >...

The request of dock meants. judge, significant of this? >> there is two processes. criminal process where he could be indicted. that is not going to happen. no patrol prosecutor -- they all work for him -- is not going to indict him. it is not going to go anywhere until after election day. this will become a footnote. >> bret: politics? >> i think the politics are that i mean, republicans even though they probably dont argue merits of this. speaker boehner does not want this to become a huge foc...

and weve got a lot of breaking news today. the jury in the john edwards federal corruption trial reaches a verdict on just one of the six counts against the one-time presidential hopeful. the defense asks for a mistrial, but the judge tells the jury theyve got to keep at it. lets go straight to cnns senior correspondent, joe johns. hes in greensboro, north carolina. joe, what is going on down there? >> reporter: well, you know, it gets stranger and stranger every minute. quite frankly,...

Under the criminal code is very controversial. it has been used and criticized in courts. judges have criticized it as being almost without limitation, that anything can constitute material support. so you can have an agency -- first of all, defining an organization as a terrorist organization under an agency process, not under criminal process, and then defining you as giving material support to that organization. its hopelessly ambiguous and it lacks many of the protections you have in crimina...

Of your citizenship. that material support term he has also supported under the criminal code is very controversial. it has been used and criticized in courts. judges have criticized it as being almost without limitation, that anything can constitute material support. so you can have an agency -- first of all, defining an organization as a terrorist organization under an agency process, not under criminal process, and then defining you as giving material support to that organization. its hopeles...