Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181213:22:26:00
Analyst who is -- there was a time this was the biggest story of the day. that was some six hours and 25 news cycles ago. but michael why did she plead guilty? is this a russian spy? is this a bad lobbyist? what is she? >> look, she didn't plead guilty to espionage and they didn't charge her with that but they've h had her in custody for some months now. it was clear the only way she was going to get out any time soon or have a prospect of getting out is pleading and cooperating with the feds. she was -- she and her handler, alexander torshin, this former deputy governor of the russian central...