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Witnesses. why? why did this case not get prosecuted? why did it end up becoming a state case in which he got remarkable lenient terms? he got 12-hour work releases from this county jail on a daily basis to go do his work, his driver would pick him up and he would go to his office. >> he had a limousine pick him up. i find it to be outrageous and there is no excuse for it. it may be why the public corruption unit is the one doing the investigating. lets remember this. sometimes we spend a lot of...

Brief the presidents legal team while all that was playing out. that was a hugely unusual set of circumstances. that led to the many conclusions about whether paul manafort was still counting on that pardon, whether there was some kind of an unspoken deal between the two sides. the spoiuspicions about a pardos in place here. new york state may try to try paul manafort even if hes pardoned of the federal crimes. he cannot be pardoned for any state crimes hes convicted of. >> his legal worries are...

On that matter yesterday. >> mr. president, do you have any concerns about the labor secretary tampering with the jeffery epstein case? >> that seems like a long time ago but he seems like a fantastic labor secretary. >> i want to play another part of the tape. this is secretary acosta himself. this is what he has been asked about time and time again and here is what he had to say in response to the questions about his involvement in the case. >> this matter was originally a state case. it was p...

Jail. >> one of the most lenient deals for a serial child molester probably in history. >> the former u.s. attorney who approved the deal is now president trumps secretary of labor. alexander acosta was asked about the plea deal during his confirmation hearing last year. he said there was broad agreement to accept the deal and argued it was originally a state case and the department of justice got involved to insure epstein got jail time. the 2008 agreement protects epstein and anyone who worked...

Labor. alexander acosta was asked about the plea deal during his confirmation deal last year. he said there was broad agreement to accept the deal, and argued that it was originally a state case. and the department of justice got involved to ensure epstein got jail time and forced to register as a sex offender. the 2008 agreement protects epstein and anyone who worked with him from federal charges. he is a registered sex offender but can travel freely to homes in new york, florida, and the carib...

Should there be a time looix on how long information like this can go on? >> long it takes to get to the tru truth. >> in terms of possible prosecution for the president were mueller to find some kind of malfeasance, neal was saying he believes a sitting president can be indicted. do you think hes right? >> so even if he were indicted i always hesitate to disagree with my friend neal. i dont think a sitting president could be forced to stand trial so there might be a thing called a statute of li...

>> as long as it takes. to get to the truth. >> and in terms of any possible prosecution, for the president or mueller to find malfeasance. he believes a sitting president can be indicted. is he right? >> so even if he were indicted i always hesitate to disagree with my friend neil. i dont think he a sitting president can be forced to stand trial. against his will. there might be a thing called a tolling. of the statute of limitations. so an indictment is filed. it would typically be a state cas...

Beyond a reasonable doubt that ellen snyder planned mike snyders murder and with no crime scene and it will until the way of forensics, that was going to be hard to prove. >> in her view, it was self defense, but maybe she was guilty of manslaughter, second-degree murder. but you couldnt prosecute her for either of those offenses. >> thats correct. the statute of limitations here in new mexico on a state case like this prohibited us from going forward on any of those lesser types of offenses. >>...

So in her view it was self-defense but maybe she was guilty of manslaughter or second degree murder, but you couldnt prosecute her for either of those offenses? >> thats correct. the statute of limitations here in new mexico on a state case like this prohibited us from going forward on any of those lesser types of offenses. >> reporter: ellen snyders defense attorney penni adrian knew a first degree murder conviction could mean a life sentence for ellen but felt the prosecution would have a toug...

Conviction at all, prosecutors would have to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that ellen snyder planned mike snyders murder and with no crime scene and it will until the way of forensics, that was going to be hard to prove. >> in her view, it was self defense, but maybe she was guilty of manslaughter, second-degree murder. but you couldnt prosecute her for either of those offenses. >> thats correct. the statute of limitations here in new mexico on a state case like this prohibited us fr...