Transcripts For FOXNEWSW The Daily Briefing With Dana Perino

FOXNEWSW The Daily Briefing With Dana Perino April 3, 2019

Courthouse. Reporter just a few moments ago this wide swath of cameras here awaiting the arrival of Lori Laughlin and her husband finally got what they were waiting for. Difficult to get in the front doors here. No special treatment for any of the defendants arriving today in court. They all go in or aut one of the two entrances. Felicity huffman arriving without her husband this morning. The actor william macy. Prosecutors allege she and her husband made a 15,000 to singers foundation on behalf of their oldest daughter. Huffman later making arraignments to do the scheme a second time but did not decide to do so. All of the parents in court for conspiracy to commit fail fraud. Laughlin stand accused to paying 500,000 to have their daughter recruited to the crew team at the university of southern california. Even submitting a picture of one of the daughters on an indoor rowing machine. They detailed singers conversation revealing their plan to disguise bribe money as a charitable donation to get the couples into the university. That first hearing slated for 2 30. Another hearing, very important hearing at 3 45, parents who have been indicted by a grand jury in this case. Two will appear in court this afternoon. Amy and gregory culver. Gregory a doctor. In addition to the mail fraud charges that all of these parents are facing, they face an Additional Charge of Money Laundering conspiracy. Prosecutors allege this couple took a scam cheating route as well paying singer in the form of stocks, stock valued at over 24,000. While we havent heard much from the majority of the defendants in the case that have remained largely mum, the culvers have released a statement saying they have done nothing wrong and are shocked by the indictment out of boston where they have no tie. They will seek a speedy trial to clear their name. Dana all right, molly line, thank you. Lets bring in a criminal defense attorney and prosecutor. The possible outcomes today are that theyll testify, maybe say nothing. You anticipate they will plead not guilty . Absolutely. I think were a little too early in this game to have a plea bargain already in place. Once you do have a plea bargain, these two defendants, along with any of the other 48, could plead guilty. Were not there yet. This is really an opportunity for them to have a preliminary hearing if they want one. They could wave it. They could testify at that hearing. Or they could do absolutely nothing. What the court will do is give us a future date for them to come back. Dana maybe this will be a stupid question, but why do they have to go to boston to do this . Because its a federal case, feds get to pick their venue, even though part of the crimes happened in california and other states. Theyve chosen this as the venue. These two defendants, many of the defendants will go there to face the music. Dana what the possible outcomes . How serious could it get . Jail time . My personal and professional opinion is, out of all of these defendants, several of them will find themselves behind bars. Heres why. These are crimes based on these are financial crimes. Even though we call them fraud. Theyre financial climb crime. People paid money. You cannot punish a financially based crime by a fine. They bought their way into this. Martha stewart spent nine months in the big house. I dont think that Felicity Huffman might escape it. Lori laughlin, i dont think so. Dana whats the difference between those two womens cases . Thats another great question. When i look at the preliminary facts, Felicity Huffman wasnt as entrafrpblged. She could have an entrapment defense. If she thought she were paying money so her child could do better on an exam. Lori laughlin got them in on a crew scholarship, knowing her daughters never touched an oar and paid a whole lot more money. Shes in deeper, criminally speaking. Dana do you think the feds feel like they have to send a message and the only way to do that is to suggest jail time. You cant send a message when it comes to financial crimes simply by charging somebody money. That doesnt hurt. You have to take away their liberty. Some people will see the inside of a jail cell. Dana would it be smart for them to try to plead early so that they could lessen the possible jail sentence . It depends. If they are convinced. When i say they. If their attorneys are convinced after they receive discovery that a conviction is likely that you bet some sort of plea bargain where they could minimize the amount of custody that they do would be in their best interest. Speculating, say there is an entrapment defense for some of these people. Then in that case, you wouldnt want a plea bargain. You might get your case dismissed. Dana do you think there are other people that might have been involved in these kinds of bri bribery scandal things . Do you think the feds are done naming defendants . I think in this particular case they might be. Some people may not have been smart enough to get on the phone and give the conversation that the feds got to sweep as wide as they did. They are going to stay quiet. Theyll be thanking their lucky stars. Dana always good to have you, to help us understand things and for taking my questions even if theyre stupid. Never stupid. Dana later in the hour, we speak to a federal Prison Consultant who was advising some of the suspects charged in theed a migs scandal. Youre not gonna want to miss that. Its fascinating. We also have a fox news alert from the hill. The House Judiciary Committee is voting to approve subpoenas to get the unredacted law report from attorney general william barr. The vote coming in along party lines, as you mite expect 2417 and setting up a new showdown with the trump Justice Department. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge is live on capitol hill. Is this your typical executive branch turf war . Reporter there is nothing typical about the situation that unfolded. The democratic chairman of the Committee Said the issues go beyond grand jury material and underlying evidence because the mueller report, he said, did not reach a conclusion about whether the president obstructed justice. Chairman nadler said that decision is for elected officials, not the attorney general, who is a political appointee. Those judgments must be made by congress, not by a political appointee, the attorney general. We need this information to make those judgments. The interest can be protected by this congress deciding which of that information can be leased publicly. Congress is entitled to all of it. Reporter the debate this morning focused on these rules of criminal procedure that say grand jury information can only be released under limited circumstances with a court order. That is something democrats dont have at this point. Asking the attorney general to break regulation, to break the law. The attorney generals entire tkphaeupbt is to enforce the law and he is expressly forbidden from providing grand jury outside the department. Congress is not one of the exceptions and the chairman knows it. Reporter the democrats are on a very short timeline. Theyve got a hard stop next wednesday because they have a previously scheduled party retreat. The attorney general has promised the report before mid april or sooner. So all the stars may align really in the coming days, dana. Dana if this wasnt enough, theres a senior democrat that wants even more . Reporter welsh thats right. Republicans accuse democrats of overreach and say that if they are serious, they ought to subpoena use their subpoena power to bring in Robert Mueller for the request of the release of grand jury information and sensitive intelligence that could expose sources and methods. All of that went down after the chairman of the Committee Said he wants more investigation from the Counter Intelligence investigation which was opened in july of 2016 and set the foundation for the special counsel. Were gonna fight to make sure that happens. I think the Justice Department would be wise not to resist transparency. The American People want this overwhelmingly. If were going to issue subpoenas today, lets not issue a subpoena for the mueller report. Issue one for bob mueller. Reporter even more subpoenas for five former Trump Campaign and administration aides including the former general counsel, steve bannon and hope hicks. Dana its not ending as many would like. Reporter no. 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Our former vice president. I was gonna call him. I dont know him well. I was gonna say welcome to the world, joe. You having a good time, joe . [ laughter ] dana great to have you both here. Colin, you wrote a piece today for fox news. Com which everybody can read, but about joe biden. Where do you think he sits right now . Hes probably glad hes not gonna get judged for his financial health. At the same time, because he doesnt have a campaign, hes got no one to defend him and deal with some of these Rapid Response crises as they arrive. How he handled it is very slow, very old, very 2005. Theres been no one out there defending him. I think the world is waiting to hear from joe biden himself. Dana his polling has been consistently good despite all of this. But in this past week, do you think he could take a hit . I think its probably a pause in time. Once he gets in, once he starts to define a campaign, hes going to have to come out and address it. But i dont think this is something that will define sort of the next year of campaigning, should he decide to get in. Dana one of his possible opponents in the democratic primary, beto orourke, had a chance to talk about this last night. Watch this. I think we need to listen to those who are raising their stories, who have the courage to come forward, to share their experience. I think ultimately thats going to be a decision for him to make. Im glad people are willing to and have the courage to step up. They must be heard and listened to. Dana ty, listen to this. New york post op ed saying going into 2020, gropey uncle joe will always be a problem for biden. We are no longer willing to define or dummy down the Record Number of congress in 2020 was a counter to this dismissive argument. Im wondering if you think this is kind of there was a report that bidens team thinks the Bernie Sanders team put this hit out on them. Bernies team saying this is not true. Does look like somebody did it. When youre arguing with the process, how it began, i think what you saw from beto orourke and most of the other 2020 field is no white lines. They are very happy to watch the vp drown out. Dana elizabeth warren. Why not. If your biggest potential challenger is on the rope, why help him out . The people that have defended him have been diane feinstein, nancy pelosi. That might be bidens crew. Dana voice of the present is donald trump. Last night he was also talking about the Green New Deal. His thoughts on running against it. Watch this. Its the craziest thing. They believe it. And we will have to do something. But dont do it too early, please. Dont kill it. Because we want to be able to run against it. If they beat me with the Green New Deal, i deserve to lose. Dana good line. Ty, i wonder if you think the republican, are we missing anything on this Green New Deal . What theyre missing is Climate Change is real. The republican party, even going back to mitt romney in 2012, has sort of dismissed climate range. Not realizing for younger voters, what an important issue it is. I think that what a lot of republicans, its easy to demonize it. But what they dont realize is when the midwest is flooding, when california is burning, people realize Climate Change is real. You say its not and youre burying your head in the sand, i think that is worse than any solution they might try to demonize the democrats for putting forward. Dana do you think theyre talking about the green deal, when they first put it out there, it was about all sorts of things including job guarantees. The Green New Deal was a god send for the republican party. The republicans need to sharpen their message on Climate Change because this Green New Deal is occupying and dominating everything. Dana but he doesnt want to snuff it out. He wants them to keep talking about the Green New Deal. 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The move comes amid pressure from capitol hill and ahead of a key hearing next month. Jonathan serry, this could be good news for a lot of people. Reporter yeah, it could indeed. Members of congress have been hearing so much from their constituents, especially from families of die bet eubgs. Both insurers and drug manufacturers are under pressure from congress to do something about the increasing cost of insulin. Cigna and its pharmacy benefit manager launched a new program to reduce cost for eligible customers. Patients will be able to buy a month worth of insulin for no more than 25 out of pocket cost. For people with diabetes, insulin can be as essential as air. We need to secure these people are able to fill every fill so they dont miss one dose. Patient advocates say rison insulin cost have led to many insulin patients to miss or limit doses. Manufacturers dont disclose information on rebates and coupons. Consumer advocates are calling on regulators to end the rebate system saying it would make prices transparent. Dana thats good news for some people. On another issue, i was wondering what you heard about regulator saying about food and drink products about marijuana extract. It seems all the rage. Reporter yeah. Seems like were going to see some fda regulation of this. The agency has scheduled a hearing for may 31st to look in particular at compound called cbd. The extract derived from the cannabis plant does not contain the mind altering chemicals you find in marijuana. But proponents say it relaxes you, reduces pain. It has prompted major retailers to announce they will sell topical products containing cbd at some of their stores. But what about the science . The difficult thing about cbd products is because they arent regulated, Quality Control can be a challenge. We need research. We need goo

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