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You asked for two things. you suggested that the statute be waved by cosby and invite the investigation of the claims. he set up $100 million fund. in light of marty singers latest letter from cosbys lawyer, saying that one allegation is tainted because of an extortion charge. do you worry about this asking for money and think it taints the credibility? >> not at all. let me say that i was not the lawyer on the case. he made that charge. having said that in compensating victims would find that i...

Allegations, the deeper it seems to run. >> eric: how do you feel about this. a dozen or so public official, including the mayor elect charged in this case? >> yes. as of friday, we had 12 individuals charged. we made some more arrests and i think we are up to 15 now. and the investigation is ongoing. >> eric: what were they trying to do? >> what started out was, their vote -- their election was in march. i received calls of concerned citizens that the election was not going properly. so i put t...

Holloway family in exchange for what he said would be information about natalee holloway. he provided no information, but he did use that $25,000 to travel to peru, and to enter a poker tournament and thats where he met the 21-year-old stephany flores and murdered her that night in peru exactly knife years to the day when natalee holloway went missing. jenna, back to you. jenna: lots of twists and turns to this story. steve, thank you very much. we have more on this now. jon: lets bring back lis...

On natalee holloways whereabouts. that would be good news if he were to serve a few years to peruvian prison. he could be tried for extortion and possibly murder and then maybe he deal could be struck. listen. >> i would think something like, this even with a murder charge on top of, this i would think 20 years would be appropriate that would give him incentive to fes up and tell them where natalie is is he a relatively middle aged guy rather than spending the rest of his life in prison. >> we s...

Together in this country and you get the extortion charge and get him in jail on that they could get information on her killing. now, this defense in peru, the violent. motion defense is kind of like served for a crime passion offer there, mostly used for spouses who catch other spouses cheating. and that is what they are look at but a lot of experts document it can be used because after the 21-year-old was killed, van der sloot went to great lengths to try and cover that up as well as make a pl...

And the mother of natalee holloway in exchange for information on where she is. now, that means if he was to only serve a couple of years in peru the united states could then detain him, and extradict him and try him in this country, the extortion charge could lead to 20 years in prison. and he could potentially be tried for killing natalee holloway if they can mount the evidence in that case. >>shepard: and you wonder if long the way because the family has said from the beginning, they have sai...

Ari, to hold a fundraiser for governor blagojevich. it is all wrapped up into an extortion charge, but bse there ere arphphonone calls mad, theres a wire tap fraud charge tacked on to it. counts 3-13, this is wire fraud count number 3. every indication that its still going to be a little while until we get some kind of final decision from this jury. jenna: doesnt seem like an easy job. mike token for us in chicago. gregg: videotape of a 9/11 terrorist, the cia finds tapes of ramsey binal seen be...

Eight years on services. william jefferson, remember the $90,000 cash in freezer. getting good interest rate on cold. how about the alabama governor, george ryan, all these guys, honest services fraud. >> the appellate lawyers will make some money on this one. they are going to come forward, i dont believe any of the ones you mentioned were just convicted on honest services. if you have cash in your freezer you extorted there is an extortion charge that goes with it. i think it has the potential...

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