finance laws. to help break down the astonishing number of legal threats i'm joined by a retired federal judge in the district court of massachusetts, and also a former deputy assistant attorney general. nancy, let me start with you as a former federal judge. a lot of people trying to make sense of the sentence. 14 days for what papadopoulos pled to. what do you think of it? >> the plea guidelines were between probation and six months which is about as low a sentence as one could get and still be a felony under the federal guidelines. i don't think it means anything except that the judge saw a 29-year-old or a younger man who seemed to be showing remorse and the government really wasn't pressing. the government didn't say anything with respect to probation in six months. i think that they just saw it -- the judge would have just seen this as the kid is showing remorse. some time was necessary, but i don't think it has any