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Apparently allowed a contract with cohen and essential consultants to lapse early in 2018 because canceling it might have caused anger. this is according to reports quoting an unnamed insider. if these claims are proven, would extortion charges be a possibility? >> you know, i see the angle there. i don't think, you know, just the sort of unmitigated fear is enough to get to an extortion charge at this time. now, that's not to say that there aren't many, many facts that we're not aware of. look, i agree. is it quite odd that a company would choose to let a contract of this magnitude lapse and ...

He just could not give up a life of crime, but now at 100 years old, mobster sonny fr franzise is a free man. the headline says it all "stone-old killer free." 2010 at the age of 93 and in a wheelchair he was convicted on extortion charges. sonny's son tweeted "it's official, dad has been released, 100 years old, a free man, praise god. he was first con vvicted in 196 and reach time released on

Pay an unnamed individual quote $3.5 million to cover up his past misconduct. according to court records, the investigation started two years ago when the fbi started investigating mystery transactions made by hastert. bank withdrawals ss of more than $950,000. the fbi alleges they were less than $10,000 apiece so he could evade bank detention. when the fbi asked hastert about the withdrawals, he said he was keeping the cash for himself. we're told by sources federal authorities were looking to bring extortion charges and concluded that was something they didn't want to pursue. hastert has not...

Whether it occurred but he was paying this student hush money to keep the allegations under wraps according to the fbi. they felt it was important to explain the cash transactions to explain the motive but didn't include the details about the misconduct in the indictment because the charges have to do with lying to the fbi and evading. >> and do we expect extortion charges against the individual a. as he'd been called. >> that is something the authorities were looking at whether this is an extortion case but they came to the conclusion they did not want to go down the road of extortion. the in...

An occasional driver was arrested on extortion charges. the court is expected to make a ruling on that sometime next week. alex, back to you. >> thank you, ron mott. >> that wraps up this "weekends with alex witt." up next, "up" with ron kornacki. ♪