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Such pleas reflect the facts of those cases and the defendant's acceptance of responsibility. and they help conserve both judicial and prosecutorial resources so that attention can properly focus on the more serious perpetrators. in complex cases, initial charges are often less severe than later charged offenses. this is purposeful, as investigators methodically collect and sift through more evidence. by now, though, we have charged over 325 defendants with felonies. many for assaulting officers and more for corruptly obstructing or attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. 20 charged wit...

Acceptance of responsibility. and they helped conserve both judicial and prosecutorial resources so that attention could properly focus on the more serious perpetrator. in context cases, initial charges are often less severe than later charged offenses. this is purposeful as investigators collect and sift through more evidence. by now, though, we have charged over 325 defendants with felonies. many for assaulting officers and many for corruptly obstructing or attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. 20 defendants charged with felonies have already pled guilty. approximately 40 defendants...

>> the majority of legal experts agree that the president has the authority to act but not corruptly, not in violation of the criminal law. those are limits on his behavior. to me, it's an extraordinary assertion that the president could behave corruptly in office and could, on david's theory, take a bribe in order to -- >> we're not talking about the bribe. don't go there. >> david, please don't interrupt me. it's the equivalent. corrupt intend to obstruct or corruptly obstructing a bribe. the criminal law bounds what a president can do and, importantly, the president is like every american. ...