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The work that had been done over the years and came to the conclusion that we should not present charges to the grand jury at that time. >> it was decided, including me, we dont have enough to charge her. and i might say, at this point, there were six main people... that would have had information about this. vince fosters dead. jim mcdougal just died. two are in jail -- webb hubbell and susan mcdougal. two are in the white house. >> the creation of a draft indictment is not only ordinary, its n...

In this draft indictment, in the indictment that was finally returned, the mention that the unwitting individuals in the trump campaign knew nothing about the russian interference in the election, at least as part of this conspiracy. i think by making that statement, and then having the deputy attorney general during a press conference very clearly state that this indictment is not charging anyone in the united states with being involved in this, i think they gave trump something to argue, to at...

This is what, in a sense weve been waiting to see if this will happen if robert muellers team will bring any indictment related to the russia probe. this is an investigation thats been going on for a year. it had groups of investigators looking at possible collusion, looking at paul manafort, michael flynn, and also looking at obstruction of justice with the presidents firing of james comey and the circumstances surrounding that. so, this is certainly a big significant step and an acceleration a...

The charges are joined. >> i was going to say, also, the thing you have to remember with the information that we have here now, is, its possible, yes, that pressure is being used through these indictments to flip lower level people in the case. but its also quite possible that on monday or tuesday of next week, someone, like manafort or somebody else who has been publicly identified in this case will voluntarily surrender with his lawyer, and that a deal may already have been made. and that the ...

Jury approved the charges in the mueller investigation. >> just to be clear, pam, we dont know what the charges are and who has been charged? >> thats correct. we have ideas of who has been charged but we are not naming those people. we dont believe they have notified yet. typically what happens is the grand jury will approve an indictment, it will stand or seal and it will go through a certain process which will take a few days or a couple of days to get the arrest warrant before the attorney i...

Prosecutor? >> right. it doesnt even look like a courtroom. a grand jury room tends to look like a classroom, where there is a witness stand, but the prosecutor runs the show. and the jurors sit classroom style, and are allowed to ask questions often, sometimes directly, sometimes through the prosecutor. it is something that is very much controlled by the prosecution. there is no defense attorney. the witnesses are not allowed to have a defense attorney in the room. and a grand jury does not hav...

Have an indictment your intention is to convict not to flip. they may be an aspiration but its not the ultimate goal. its very important to consider that even though this is a speculation aspect of it, one charge today in a separate case does not fore close or preclude the person who is indicted right now from being charged in other future cases, involving other collusion related things or money laundering. were not talking about a closed universe of conclusion right now. we have to be cautious ...

Anderson, we were told plans were prepared friday for anyone charged to be taken into custody, possibly as soon as pond, the sources said. its unclear what these charges are, the indictment is under seal. as spokesman from the countys office declined to comment on this story. as you know, anderson, mueller was appointed in may to lead the investigation in russia meddling in the 2016 u.s. elections and he was given broad authority. so this was a significant development in the investigation. top l...

Prosecutor as they build the blocks of the case. and then, once the prosecutor has enough information that they think is sufficient to allow the grand jury to indict, they present the grand jury indictment -- draft indictment, they say we ask you to return charges as set forth here and the grand jury then votes yea or nay, and if they vote yea, the indictment is perfected, if you will, and the charges are joined. >> paul? >> i was going to say also. the thing you have to remember with the inform...

Of a grand jury. can you just explain how that process works for those who, you know, arent familiar with the grand jury system? you know, we know the grand jury, i think theres two grand juries going on. how exactly does a grand jury bring about charges? >> well, the grand jury is made up of a group of citizens who are brought in generally for about an 18-month period. the prosecutor only is the person that presents evidence to the grand jury. they meet in the courthouse. and they often meet li...