Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181011:01:27:00
How helpful he has been to co prosecutors as a cooperating witness. that's because the judge needs to decide how much of a break he's going to get on his sentence. the government, for example, is supposed to tell the judge if this guy provided information on more culpable criminals on himself, things that lead to other prosecutions. that's what gets you a lighter sentence. but in this case, this is the special counsel's office. these are prosecutors who work for robert mueller. so the prosecutors from the special counsel's office kind of don't have normal ochgs aal opt that and they have to pu...