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Recognizable. i mean, whose won going up against the mueller investigation or any of the related prosecutions? whose come out on the long end of the stick? if you had to decide right now which party you would want to be in any of these cases, if you were told hey, the news gods are going to plop you personally into any of these ongoing cases that derive from the mueller investigation, would you rather be on the defense side or the prosecution side. what do you think? in every instance, you would...

Their paperwork to the court, which would allow them to represent their client. it is not a great beginning for roger stones legal team in terms of the way they are screwing up the basic question of whether they are allowed to represent him just getting the basic paperwork in. when it came to the actual arraignment today, it was straightforward. they waived the actual reading of the indictment. the prosecution side of the isle included both attorneys from the u.s. attorneys office in d.c. and at...

♪ >> martha: the parents of the suspected suspect charged with kidnapping 13-year-old jayme closs are speaking out. they have a message to the victim and to her family. trace gallagher with a story for us from a west coast newsroom. >> he is now facing intentional homicide charges along with kidnapping and armed burglary. this bill is $5 million. the suspects father, very emotional showed up at the courthouse yesterday to pass along a note to the family, speaking to a cnn reporter he said all ...

If it is just this campaign finance thing, which i might add is a felony, it is a big deal. they suggest that will go over the heads of the public. they think that he can weather that. they believe that no republican would be willing to really challenge this president and his campaign, in fact, is probably going to spring to life sooner than you might think. part of that may be to extract loyalty pledges from a number of republicans to hold off any sort of primary challenge. >> oh, man, we are i...

And she started to focus on what she was going to do going forward. >> bill: i have heard her in various interviews. did this my team, the prosecution side, did you have any recourse to fight this? >> you know, we did not have any legal recourse to change the decision that was made. they were basing the decision on statutes that apply and gave her credit. it do i think there are some changes that we can do in the future? i do. and right now, our only hope is that while she is being watch for fiv...

Does pecker, which well get to in a second. what do you think will give the white house legal team more of a headache. one would think the "i" word. thats what trump says, he doesnt want to say impeachment, the "i" word. >> i think the potential of nonstop investigations and subpoenas will be more of a headache. >> you do? >> i think theres a lethal threat coming from the prosecution side from mueller, the southern district, the state guys here. from the possibility of the state as an escape hat...

Would be concerned about that, i think, we have to look at broader picture, never in american history is the u.s. president really defamed a prosecutor in the midst of really high-profile case like this. we have to use president trump as president when makes statements and hes the target in many ways of investigation and so hes not acting presidential, hes not acting like the president, hes acting like somebody who is under scrutiny, the jury hears that theres going to be problem, issues earlier...

On this alan dershowitz, the author of the book "the case against impeaching trump." thank you for coming back. lets talk about this. there is a lot to go through and these jurors have been given a lot of information and documents, a lot of witnesses on the prosecution side. not so much on the defense. well get to that in a second. what does each side need to do in closing arguments today? >> i think the key question is whether or not trumps name will come up during the deliberations, during the...

Past, most often against the prosecution but against both sides at times. but the evidence still, at least the weight of the documentary evidence, seems pretty strong on the prosecution side. well wait to see what the defense does next week. >> yes, so now were getting to the part of the case where in a very methodical if not tedious way, the prosecution is putting in evidence of all the bank fraud. theyre putting in bank documents, loan documents, income statements, through bank witnesses. they...

Military lawyers to help with the prosecution side. but theres been no assistance on the defense side. its still the case, and efren can back me up on this, a few public defenders consult with the defendants, but when the defense starts handling it in court, its one defender for 60 or 70 folks all entering guilty pleas. there just isnt enough in terms of resources. strangely enough, if the defendants themselves were willing to enter pleas of not guilty and take every case to trial, that could gu...