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correspondent ken dilanian and also nbc legal analyst. ryan, what do we know at this moment? >> reporter: we know the jury will be delivering this verdict at any moment now. its a partial verdict. we are expecting any second to find out what those initial conclusions were. we know after they deliver this verdict, whatever counts were outstanding, the judge is going order them to deliberate those counts. right now, were unsure what counts they were able to reach a conclusion on, any one...

The gunman. President trump calls to arm nations teachers and also slams the deputy who was on duty. What he did, he trained his whole life. Theres an example. When it came time to get in there and do something, he didnt have the courage or something happened, but he certainly did a poor job. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. A lot of news today. Thanks for joining us. Breaking news, another bombshell in special counsel Robert Muellers russia investigation. A source familiar with the p...

Statutory maximum, thats not normally a very good forecast of the federal sentence. they will bring that sentence down, and judges can even part below the recommended guide range. that may not be the case in this situation. you might see a real sentence that approaches -- maybe not the statutory maximum, but maybe within a few years because of the severity of this conduct. this is where the judge may send a message. in most cases, i may tell you, look, the statutory max is the only knowable numb...

Guideline, but in a case like holmes you may have an unusual case where shes going to be looking at such serious time it starts to look closer to the statutory max. here is what i mean, if i were just doing a ballpark i would say probably 10 to 15 years, but the challenge for holmes is that when you are convicted of defrauding people with a loss amount like this, 140 plus million dollars, then the sentencing guidelines send your sentencing range into the stratosphere. just to give an example she...

Serious charges, this is no mere snafu in neglecting to file paperwork with the department of justice to announce that he was a foreign lobbyist for the united arab emirates. when you read the indictment and you look at the press release by the department of just tirks they say flat out that tom barrack was acting at the direction of the uae to influence u.s. foreign policy, they say that he was providing intelligence to the united arab emirates and then they say his criminal conduct was, quote,...

The kind of statute thats not used for lobbyist. this is the kind of statute thats used for spies. and so, it is punishable by up to ten years in prison but thats not the only count. there is also a conspiracy count with a five-year penalty. there is obstruction of justice and lying to the fbi for a total of seven counts. i did the math and i think the total statutory maximum is 55 years. now, most people dont serve the statutory max. sentencing guidelines are reviewed to see that but there is a...

That statutory max. >> theres been a lot of focus on the judge, the senior judge there in virginia. what more can you tell us about the way hes approached cases like these in the past. >> in this particular case it could be said that he gave the prosecution a hard time, but i have to tell you as a defense attorney and this is my bias take on it, most of the time our complaint is the judges are essentially prosecutors in robes. now thats not really a fair indictment and really its just something ...

Almost all defendant 69 years of age or older get sentences across the board of five years or less. so, even though this was dramatically below the sentencing guidelines, the sentencing guidelines dont represent any statistical data they just represent guidelines. defendants who are similarly situated get sentences below the guidelines. >> you consider the factor here we have no apologies. no statement of remorse here. hes sitting there with gray hair in a wheelchair looking ahead for next week ...

Earlier. the russians are deliberate and they are skilled and patience. they are not perfect. so from time to time and as barbara said, often we know more than we make public. there are a lot of ways for the intelligence community and the fbi to address the russian intelligence threat. it is not only through indictment and so i dont want those to think that what we see publicly is the only stuff we are doing. there are spies among us and there are really good men and women and our intelligence c...

Though. >> they could. in theory, he has ten years of exposure. but in reality, sentences are determined not by the statutory max, but by the sentencing guidelines. so what prosecutors routinely do is have someone plead to enough counts with enough statutory time that if everything goes bad and they dont cooperate and they lie and they mislead, you can still give them a large, or recommend a large sentence at the end. but if they cooperate and with no criminal history, they have a relatively sma...