glad to have all of you on. jack, i ll start with you. talking about serious charges, money fraud, and yet, these 12 operatives will likely never see a u.s. courtroom. what was mueller s purpose in laying out like he did? is he sending a message laying this out like he did? i think there are two parts to answer that. number one, definitely sending a message to russians involved. likelihood of they re being extradited and tried is virtually little. government infrequently will identify foreign actors who break our law, shame them, make that public as a way of acting as a deterrent. secondly, this set of indictments is an important part of mueller s completing his mandate to determine whether
is calling putin a competitor. russia has been the most aggressive foreign actor, no question. and they continue their efforts to undermine our democracy. and listen to what rod rosenstein said today. free and fair elections, always hard. they ll will also be adversary that seek to exacerbate our divisions and try to confuse, divide and concur us. has russia already succeeded? let s talk about that. i want to bring in shimon, and jack quinn who was white house counsel to president clinton. and derek graph, the author of threat measures. glad to have all of you on. jack, i ll start with you. talking about serious charges, money fraud, and yet, these 12 operatives will likely never see a u.s. courtroom. what was mueller s purpose in laying out like he did? is he sending a message laying this out like he did? i think there are two parts to answer that. number one, definitely sending a
campaign finance violations but financial laundering, money fraud, those are things you go to jail for. listen to this from the wall street journal, they will decide whether the president will sit down with robert mueller. and there is a anecdote. in a informal four hour practice significance, mr. trump s lawyers were only able to walk him through two questions. and just that is four hours. four hours practice session and two hours given the frequent interruptions on naushl security and his lokeashousness one person i can t escape the humor. he is the president but can you imagine in the midst of a federal investigation of say jake tapper, well i kind of don t like the rules that we re setting for when you are investigating me. so i ve decided i can only speak for two hours which is what giuliani said. he said this will only be a couple of hours. you got the example of why the mueller team doesn t want to agree to a short interview because you will get two answers
he s facing 296 counts of wire money fraud. and check out these stunning new year s images of niagara falls coated in ice. take a look at that. the historically frigid temperatures in the united states covered the majestic falls with ice yet not freezing them completely solid. you do not want to be standing under the falls when they decide to thaw out. the trump administration had tried to delay the january 1st date for transgender military personnel. on friday the department of justice said it would hold off toed any future appeal to the supreme court but this does not end the court battle for now. the doj says it will wait for a
people indicted but he was investigation investigated. officials wouldn t comment on whether he has been cleared. pamela brown has the details. reporter: it is the largest governing body for the world s most popular sport, soccer. and now fifa has enough people indicted for corruption to start its own team. one the justice department says is organized, widespread and criminal. they were expected to uphold the rules that keep soccer honest. and to protect the integrity of the game.corrupted the business of worldwide soccer. reporter: at this luxury hotel, authorities arrested seven fifa officials as they gather foed for their annual meeting. the justice department indicted 14 people. all defendants abused the u.s. justice system and violated u.s. law. charges are racketeering, money fraud, and money laundering. this really is the world cup of fraud. and today we are issuing fifa a