Eric Kennerson News Today

Ominous for paul manafort today. the other case were watching today, the maria butina case today, there were definitely some surprises. we knew she would be appearing in this washington courtroom whether she would be put in jail before being put on trial. she was put on charges of operating as a secret foreign agent for the russian government and she pled not guilty. then, there was this little surprise. this was from the transcript of todays hearing. courtroom deputy, quote, this case is on t...

In south dakota. from the transcript, mr. kennerson as the prosecutor says, its my understanding miss butinas case offer is one in which she was not a subject. u.s. person one is the subject. the judge said, what is the basis of your contention if that is so? the prosecutor says, it is in both conversations with counsel and with the fbi agent who is in south dakota. this appears to be the first direct russia collusion indictment we have seen in this whole scandal. u.s. persons accused of knowing...

Desired? witness, yes. >> what are some of the ways? >> answer, forever they chose to put somebody inside a vehicle and drove it we cannot stop or arrest anybody inside the vehicle for in violability for diplomatic containment. if they got inside the compound we cannot implement any kind of arrest or search warrant. this is the prosecutor arguing bringing forward witness testimony to show she is a dramatic flight risk and must be kept in jail because shes not just some random russian in the unit...

Remedy in the event miss butina decided to seek safe harbor in a diplomatic facility. saying you let her out of here, judge, she will go to the embassy and we will never see her again. the prosecutors actually brought in a witness from the diplomatic security service, the part of the state department, to explain not only will miss butina seek refuge at the agency, she could get picked up by an accredited russian diplomat in this country in that diplomats car. if she were in the car the car would...

Ms. curtis. the judge says, at the table is a lawyer the court recognized buts who name was not called. could you add for the record your name? miss curtis says thank you, your honor, good afternoon your honor, deborah curtis on behalf of the united states. this is new. we knew butina was not being charged by the special prosecutors office, robert muellers office, by a u.s. attorney, federal prosecutor in d.c. we knew at the initial appearance while the case was still under seal, the prosecutor ...