attorney s alleged financial crimes, a major win for prosecutors who argued murdaugh killed his wife and son as part of a cover-up for stealing millions. gillian: despite the victory for the state, they have yet to present any direct evidence that murdaugh committed the murders. will you will the judge s ruling impact the direction this case takes? we have criminal defense attorney jonna spilbor to break it down coming up. john: fox news alert to start off this monday, the fbi arresting two people, a man and a woman, accused of trying to attack the power grid in the state of maryland. hello, welcome back to a new week of america reports. i m john roberts, hello monday to you. gillian: happy, happy monday to you, gillian turner in for sandra smith. sarah beth clendaniel of maryland and brandon clint russell of florida, they have extremist views and pose a real threat. they are to appear in federal court in the hour. john: david spunt is at the justice department foll
you get that title after training, education and a sworn oce oath to defend the law. if you saw the video you know that is lawful exercise of criminal, it is the taking of a life. what should our reaction be? in california video from home invasion of paul pelosi also is out. nothing dispels conspiracy theories like video, for those who wondered what happened in the house, pretty simple, attempted murder. in south carolina, alex murdoch comes from a long line of prosecutors, now he is charged can killing his wife and son, if you are watching the trial it is two in one, prosecution tells what you police did. and defense attorneys tell you what the police didn t do. the jury tries to find the truth. joining us now criminal defense attorney john fillmore and paul moreau. memphis, is what happened in memphis murder 1, 2 or something else? a great question, i ask myself the same thing, murder 2 murder charges i should say are appropriate, how planned was this. i m struck by a c
did it so bad, they did it so bad, there s no dna, no gunpowder residue, no witnesses, this would be thread bare circumstantial evidence they need a way of convincing the jury points to his guilt. there is you are absolutely right. there is no direct evidence connecting alec murdaugh to these actual murders. but put yourself in the jury box. when people hear how he was in ripping off his law firm and clients, and that evidence is more compelling than murder evidence they will sit back in the chairs and say hmm, if he s capable of that, what else is he capable of, and that s going to be fatal for this defense. up until now, if you imagine the scales of justice you either had to believe alec murdaugh was the ult ultimate victim, losing his wife and kid and he s accused of them, or a monster killing his family to get out of a financial