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But i think that the prosecutors who went to trial for the manafort case were tight-lipped and invisible. but theres still these figures that loom large over all of our politics. and if you dont believe he, check out president trumps twitter feed. >> the defenders get a little trickier, because these are people who have stepped forward and said, ill help you walk through this mine field. one of them stands out as being more famous than the rest. >> rudy? >> yeah. >> put up or shut up, what have ...

>> well, were still covering robert mueller and his prosecutors and -- >> his name may come up later. >> exactly. but i think that the prosecutors who went to trial for the manafort case were tight-lipped and invisible. but theres still these figures that loom large over all of our politics. and if you dont believe he, check out president trumps twitter feed. >> the defenders get a little trickier, because these are people who have stepped forward and said, ill help you walk through this mine fi...

Prosecutors and -- >> his name may come up later. >> exactly. but i think that the prosecutors who went to trial for the manafort case were tight-lipped and invisible. but theres still these figures that loom large over all of our politics. and if you dont believe he, check out president trumps twitter feed. >> the defenders get a little trickier, because these are people who have stepped forward and said, ill help you walk through this mine field. one of them stands out as being more famous tha...

Weve seen cases like this before. terrorism cases, they usually wait until someone is 18 until they bring charges. thats something were told thats being considered and certainly theres political motivation here as well, because the president certainly is -- because hes expressed, fed up with this happening. he could be putting pressure on the department of justice to try and file the federal charges here. >> can i -- >> go ahead. >> i was going to quickly say, sorry, jessica, along with that, i ...

Oftentimes in these cases whether its a terrorism related case or whether its an individual thats driven by another motivation like in this case, there are signs. and there is usually signs online. we heard again in this case that social media posts were made. we see this also analogous to terrorist cases where there is always a wide range of posts and activity that indicate these attacks are motivations or ideology of individuals. and also another thing is close family and friends really need t...

>> theyve prosecutes terrorism cases. >> of course, sure. theres no question they can handle it, and i agree with you on the mission creep argument. its a smart move. its also a smart move to put it in a place where its not subject to ending if mueller gets fired and his team gets disbanded. and i think its a good argument to say, listen, these are trumps people. its trumps doj. its trumps u.s. attorney. theyre still moving forward. a federal judge has approved this search warrant. so were now n...

>> oh, sure. i mean the southern district can handle any kind of investigation. >> theyve prosecutes terrorism cases. >> sure, anything. theres no question they can handle it, and i agree with you on the mission creep argument. its a smart move. its also a smart move to put it in a place where its not subject to ending if mueller gets fired and his team gets disbanded. and i think its a good argument to say, listen, these are trumps people. its trumps doj. its trumps u.s. attorney. theyre still ...

Attorney general rosenstein articulated in that memo, because manafort is already challenging the legitimacy of the probe, is being sent to other prosecutors. you worked in that office. is this a typical kind of investigation that that office would and could handle? >> oh, sure. i mean the southern district can handle any kind of investigation. >> theyve prosecutes terrorism cases. >> sure, anything. theres no question they can handle it, and i agree with you on the mission creep argument. its a...

Breaking news, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein has a new right-hand man in the russia investigation. this is an important step, rosenstein picking the veteran prosecutor ed ocallahan. he will serve as the acting principal associate deputy attorney general. this comes on the same day that the first sentence was handed down in the mueller probe. justice reporter lara jarrett joins me "outfront" on the phone with the breaking details. what more are you learning? >> reporter: erin, ocallahan ...

Im quite sure that didnt happen, but the memo is going to suggest it did. and the questions are the other facts going to come out that shows thats not the case? and, you know -- yeah, go ahead. >> i was going to say, looks like the democratic, you know, the democrats memo, the counterargument will come out, just a question of when. because theyre going through a bunch of checks as well. but to you, bobby, as a retired fbi special agent, what i wonder this morning is if this memo is released, reg...