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Other, or both parties, are no constantly speaking and this polluting the information for prospective jury pool. so that is already a given if you then start violating, that there is something for th court to hang its hat on immediately because that i something that you are require to do. so in state court, and frankly in federal court, it is like a child. there are incrementa punishments. what you have here is the cour saying, it is starting ver politely saying i expect tha this is not going to...

An open investigation criminally in the manhattan d. a s office as well. that case, the civil part of that cases going to trial october 2nd. hes going to be very busy, not just in the criminal cases, but i think also in the civil matters that he has to be involved in. he is literally minutes away now from the office of the manhattan district attorney its interesting when we talk about history where hes going, this is the most vaunted, highly regarded local district attorneys office, perhaps in t...

Out. if that jumps out to me. in so many different ways. as critical to this entire investigation. and we have talked a lot about her bravery. and her determination to do the right thing. and to adhere to the rule of law. but andrew talked about the special counsels investigation. and there is zero surprise that donald trump, and close in his world. would try to obstruct this investigation. he did it with the special counsels investigation. he did it with the investigation of michael flynn. he d...

0 at the justice departments ability to compel their testimony. it is highly sensitive to go after information from a sitting member of congress. but theyre not being targeted because their members of congress. theyre being targeted because of the conduct, the conversations with donald trump on january 6th. so, i dont see how you investigate this case without talking to them. and maybe their witnesses, maybe their defendants. well see how that shakes out. >> charlie, before we. go just a big pic...

You are going to have people attempt to interfere with witness testimony. it happens, as you mentioned, in mob cases all the time. that can take the form of actual, physical violence. its why theres the witness protection program. but in political corruption cases it happens all the time as well. it happens through so-called house counsel. it happens through dangling benefits like when the former president was the president, he could dangle pardons. and i think that the committee -- the january ...

Paper trail, right? he didnt text, he didnt use email, can the prosecution or investigation at this point look for evidence that is circumstantial in nature, this idea of the insinuation of -- it would be unfortunate if something happened to your family, that type of thing, right? the fact that there may not be a direct threat, is there enough for investigators to say there might be evidence of tampering with a witness? >> yes, sophisticated -- dont come right out and say do not tell the truth, ...

Stressing the loyalty and that we are watching. and the second example that liz cheney gave made it even more explicit, saying donald trump reads transcripts. so, hes going to be watching to see what you say. but to me, when i heard that, its really typical of when you are doing an investigation that involves multiple people at a hierarchical organization, that you are going to have people attempt to interfere with witness testimony. it happens, as you mentioned, in mob cases all the time. that ...

So whats her incentive to lie? and these guys well, it didnt happen exactly the way she says. theyre not testifying under oath, and they really are part of the trump cult. so i think we see serious witness tampering that the department of justice absolutely has to investigate urgently and seriously. >> but professor, let me interrupt for a second. how difficult is it to make a legal case for witness tampering? what is needed for proof? >> essentially an overt act, a statement that a reasonable p...

Anyway. shes also a loyal trump supporter. shes been with him all the time. whats her reason to lie? these guys are not testifying under oath, and they are really part of the trump cult. so i think we see serious witness tampering that the department of justice has to investigate urgently and seriously. >> but professor, let me interrupt for a second. how difficult is it to make a legal case for witness tampering? what is needed for proof? >> essentially an overt act, a statement that a reasonab...

Points of mob cases. also in drug trafficking cases in the drug cartel trafficking cases, its not unusual to see that sort of situation come up. its technically acceptable, so long as the lawyer is representing his client and not the person who is paying him and that is where we have this, i dont think its a bright-line distinction, but its possible that you can have a lawyer who can cross over that line so far that he wouldnt just be failing to vigorously represent his client, to zealously repr...