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The defendant, i did, your honor. the judge, and now there is a written statement of the offense which i take it you and your lawyer have gone over carefully? the defendant. yes, your honor. the judge, are you the one who signed it on the last page where it says defendants acceptance indicating it was true? the defendant, yes, your honor. the judge, do you understand if i accept your guilty plea in this case, could you receive a maximum sentence of up to five years incarceration for that offense...

Defendant we didnt know about. i think the bottom line with this new defendant who appeared in court today is that the special counsels office has flipped another cooperating witness in the russia investigation. but there are other potential threads here to pull. i mean, rob mueller and his prosecutors definitely, we now know, they have obtained another guilty plea to another federal charge. this one comes explicitly with a written robust cooperation agreement for this defendant. because of who ...

Patten pled guilty was that he was operating as an unregistered foreign agent. to be more spec than that, prosecutors today charged him with being an unregistered foreign agent lobbying for and representing the interests of the same pro-rush yar ukrainian political party that paul manafort has been charged with being a foreign agent for his trial thats due to start in a couple of weeks. sam patten today and paul manafort in a couple weeks, theyre both charged with being unregistered foreign agen...

Sure. also, this is another unregistered foreign agent case for the special counsels office. also, for the first time, there case raises the possibility of prosecutions for people lying to congress. and for the first time congress is zeroing in on the trump inauguration describing illicit foreign funds being funneled into trump entities for the first time. tell me more. but to my mind, most intriguingly, i think, for the first time, there new case that we just learned of today, there shows the s...

Entering this plea of guilty voluntarily? and of your own free will because you are guilty and for no other reason? the defendant, i am, your honor. the judge, is there anything you dont understand about this proceeding or about your plea in this case? the defendant, no, your honor. the judge, is there anything you want to ask me or ask your lawyer before i ask you for your final decision in this case? the defendant, no, your honor. the judge, are you ready now to make a decision about whether y...

Embassy in washington or otherwise find a way to flee the country to avoid this prosecution. potentially with russias help. so maria butina did not get bail. she does not even yet have a date set for her trial. it looks like she will be in jail until that trial happens. and small world, as it happens. the jail where she is being held this very night is the same jail that tonight is also holding president trumps campaign chairman, paul manafort who has been tried again, tried already once in the ...

Perjured themselves in testimony before congressional committees looking at the russia investigation, im thinking about people like erik prince, donald trump jr., jared kushner, should they be more on alert if there were any problems in their potential testimony because of the way this came up in mr. pattens case today? >> they should be very nervous. of course, mr. patten has concluded a cooperation deal with prosecutors. we dont know what he could have been charged with in this regard had that...

We learned that there is a whole new defendant in the russia scandal who we didnt know was coming. i think the big bottom line here with this new defendant who appeared in court today is that the special counsels office has flipped another cooperating witness in the russia investigation. but theres other potential threads here to pull. i mean, rob mueller and his prosecutors definitely, we now know, they have obtained another guilty plea to another federal palestinian charge. this one comes with...

An early report order sam patten, way before any of us knew this was the guy who was going to turn up today having a starring role in the case at this point. natasha, thank you for being here. congratulations on being the early spotter here. why did you write about sam patten back in april for the atlantic? he is certainly not only a household name but not a name that has been on a lot of peoples radar at all. in conjunchlgz with the case. # >> i was researching constantin kilimnik, he is a majo...

The defendant, i am, your honor. the judge, is there anything you dont understand about this proceeding or about your plea in this case? the defendant, no, your honor. is there anything you want to ask me or your lawyer before i ask you for your final decision in this case? the defendant, no, your honor. the judge, are you ready now to make a decision about whether you want to enter a plea of guilty or whether you want to have a trial? yes, your honor. the judge. what is your decision? >> i plea...