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Charges. but those charges have been returned. by indictment. so i think you'll have today, presentment and initial appearance and then an arraignment, where he'll plead and then it will be set down for trial and probably in a case like this, it will be set down for the lawyers to start talking about whether there is a way for them to find a negotiated plea. but the fact that they went in with this no-knock sort of thing believes -- you know, leads me to believe that they don't trust this guy. and if you don't trust this guy, you're not going to enter a plea with him. >> shimon, it's impossibl...

Sticking around so please stand by. shamon, what do we expect tomorrow? what will you be doing tomorrow. >> i'll certainly be up early and probably working through the night as will the other members of our team here. we expect something will happen because that's what we've been told, but it could always get moved. these things sometimes change, so that could happen. but if someone does surrender, normally in cases like this, they do it pretty early in the morning, maybe 6:00 in the morning, maybe 5:00. a time is set up. perhaps the fbi will meet the person that's surrendering at a location a...

Exactly filed. so it would seem that on friday it would have been too late to make an arrest and then also to have the court proceeding. once someone is arrested, there's a process. it takes a few hours. there's process, fingerprints, photos taken. that all takes a couple of hours. and then you need to set up a date for court. and usually that happens in the same day. and then you go through an arraignment and what they call a presentment and you're formally told what the charges are. and then they just go ahead and move forward with the case and there will be a trial date set presumably, you ...

Going to withhold federal funds unless you vote for health care. that's okay. that's political hard ball. but when you get into congress's investigative powers and you seek to obstruct those, that is a crime. >> is that something that congress investigates because it's a crime in relation to a congressional investigation or is that something that the department or justice or the fbi would look into. >> i would suggest that is part to have purview of the special counsel robert mueller who has the authority to look into ties between russia and the trump campaign and matters that may arise out of...

Election. the journal reports muellers of team trump collusion with the kremlin is growing in intensity and will likely go on for months. if you have never served on a grand jury, may help to know how one works. it's a group of 16 to 23 people who decide whether there's probable cause to prosecute someone. it lets prosecutors present evidence and call witnesses to testify under oath in secret. these proceedings are behind closed doors to protect witnesses and potential defendants. the right to a grand jury goes back to the bill of rights. part of the fifth amendment states no person shall be h...