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Statement that, frankly, mischaracterized the indictment and suggested once again that he just does not take seriously the propaganda attack on the united states in 2016 that was meant to benefit him and his campaign. >> this agency has done all along, despite 13 people being indicted. steve, you know all about russian espionage. are you surprised just how far russians went here? they focused on purple states, social media accounts, bought political ads. talk about the organizing -- they talked ...

Pat on the back for aggressively prosecuting this -- these russian nationals. but instead put out a defensive statement that, frankly, mischaracterized the indictment and suggested once again that he just does not take seriously the propaganda attack on the united states in 2016 that was meant to benefit him and his campaign. >> the same hes done all along, despite 13 people being indicted. steve, you know all about russian espionage. are you surprised just how far russians went here? they focus...

The warrant requests the company provide over 1 million ip addresses along with other information on visitors to the web site, which was involved in organizing protests against president trump on inauguration day. lets bring back our panel. the federal government is saying look, we want information on these people who were obviously interested in joining the trump resistance movement, at least on inauguration day. that web site is trying to turn this down. do they have legal standing? >> they do...

The special prosecutor, with immense powers to go that route when already in negotiations manafort camp, shows me concern. >> and a quick reaction that the justice department has been seeking the identities of all the individuals who went to this website organizing protests against president trump on inauguration day. what do you think? >> it waysing the question what is the reason noor? holding a protest against an american president in america, under the first amendment. nothing wrong with tha...

Cnn crew from reporting on the trial of a human rights attorney, accused of organizing protests against official corruption. heres his report. >> reporter: so were heading towards a court in beijing, where prominent activist goes on trial today. >> please, please! >> reporter: this is a public space. no need to shout at me. the name of the activist is chu, and he had a gathering of people several times and was one of the founders of the new citizens movement. that is why there are all these poli...

Arresting him and charging him with the same thing. ultimately there were five of them charged with potentially death penalty offenses for organizing protests. ultimately it was that fall. a three judge panel that ruled that that georgia sedition law was unconstitutional. all five activists be released as well as a 14-year-old girl who had been held in solitary confinement. that was early 1963. in april 1963, coretta scott king had just given birth to her fourth child, bernice. she was just days...

Iranian lawmakers want opposition leaders tried and executed for organizing protests that turned violent on monday leaving two people dead. iranian police flooded the streets using tear gas to break up the crowds and arresting dozens. the anti-government protests were banned by officials but drew 20,000 to 30,000 people. the media was barred from filming the protest. this video was posted on youtube not shot by nbc news. we are joined now from tehran. these protests yesterday, were they bigger, ...

Mubarak? i would have thought that that might have signalled to him that hes in trouble with us, but he seems not to mind. what do you say? >> mubarak has a long memory. for him, the image that haunts him is that of the united states with the shah of iran in the late 1970s. he looks at that and he reads that as an example of the united states having a strong ally that stood by them in all kinds of foreign policy crises and then at the first moment of protests, in iran, the united states and the ...

That road. they have effectively no political institutions and yet theyve overthrown the one existing institution. the state. >> have you hashtagged for some of the other countries where theres -- where people are watching this closely? whats going on in jordan right now, for example? >> we can pull up hash tag jordan and some of the other countries. one point to make is if you have a democratic movement with the leader and hes extremely charismatic and comes to power -- >> or she. >> or she, th...

Need an institution? tunisia is already moving along that road. they have effectively no political institutions and yet theyve overthrown the one existing institution. the state. >> have you hashtagged for some of the other countries where theres -- where people are watching this closely? whats going on in jordan right now, for example? >> we can pull up hash tag jordan and some of the other countries. one point to make is if you have a democratic movement with the leader and hes extremely chari...