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I will retweet it. it is grotesque. and these women deserve justice. >> and women is getting a little ahead of the maturity curve here. many were as young as 13. >> frightening. >> many of them were young teenagers. theerz what we hear from accosta. this is the part -- ive never really heard this from the federal prosecutor, let alone someone who is supposedly politically ambitious. usually they take on cases you want to argue to be hyper aggressive. here, they say well, started as a state case....

It is disgusting. it is grotesque. it is a gross miscarriage of justice what happened to these women, the way they were silenced, the way they were abused. not only by this man, but them by the system that was supposed to be protecting them is unacceptable. >> right. >> and we concern let this go by unnoticed. i am begging the people watching to go look up the story. i will retweet it. it is grotesque. and these women deserve justice. >> and women is getting a little ahead of the maturity curve ...

To the federal case. theres a state case in pennsylvania hasnt done away with the death penalty in other words, they havent abolished it but the governor hasnt allowed in the executions to go forward for a couple of years. you could say there is a compromise situation there in terms of not abolishment him up and not actually executing people. i think in the federal case based on the extreme nature of the motivation of these crimes and the horrific nature of these individuals being at a place of ...

Nbc news and msnbc of the suspect. what you see here is a picture of robert bowers, the suspect in the shooting there at the synagogue in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. i want to go straight to pete williams, nbc news justice correspondent, who has been covering the story all morning and now afternoon. we now have a picture, pete. do we know anything more about him? >> reporter: we expect that the charges that will be filed today will charge him with federal hate crimes. its unclear to us whether thi...

Murder. >> the prosecution found itself in an unusual predicament. eight years had passed since the shooting and in that time the statute of limit takes had run out on any charge other than first-degree murder. that meant in order to get any 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 se...

Topics, other areas of interest. and if there is this safe full of evidence or more potential campaign finance violations, thats a lot to go through. and its very, very common for the justice department to give protection to people who are basically witnesses when theyre focused, as far as the targets, on other individuals. and i think the new york times reported this week that the manhattan d.a. is pursuing -- looking into pursuing charges. would the u.s. attorneys who gave this immunity deal...

Accuses them of "abdicating all responsibility for insuring that the foundations assets were used in compliance with the law." if that case is going to become a criminal matter and thats in process here, if its a criminal case and not just a civil lawsuit by the state of new york, that could end up being a serious matter for not just trumps charity and the president himself but also for his three eldest children. we should also note because its a state case, there wont be any way to pardon peopl...

Out on any charge other than first-degree murder. that meant in order to get any 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 sta...

Nstitu that i think were as a nation that we dont have someone at the head of the executive branch who is respecting the integrity of the process and that could trigger -- could create much more trouble than were currently in. >> kim is definitely right, that a pardon would not affect a state case. but i think there is bit of myol aut the chances of a state prosecution inny of these cases. state attorneys general, especially in new york, do not do my criminal cases. they dont have the resources ...

That he did not declare that 50 cents, very likely did not declare that 50 cents times a million on his federal tax returns. >> i think that thats a likely assumption. you know, this is a state case that hes plead guilty in. were told that he was looking at about $5 million in tax fraud, but the state in perhaps brand-new new york attorney general barbara underwoods first significant case permitted him to plead to one count of tax evasion to the tune of about $50,000. he will serve no time in ja...