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And abuse that privilege. The law is designed to ensure officials like him serve the people and not the highest bidder, not a foreign bidder, and certainly not a foreign power. These are bright red lines, and we allege the a cross them again and again for years. That is the only reason we are here today. Secondly, this investigation continues and we continue to dig. We will hold more people accountable. I encourage anyone with information to come forward and to do so before it is too late. Thirdly, the southern district of New York remains committed to rooting out corruption without Fear Or Fa...

Think the big questions are going forward, but also the aspect of this being prosecuted by the public corruption, they don't usually handle these kinds of cases. what does that mean and what are the big questions? >> keep in mind that many of the prosecutors that were handling this case, including acosta, is no longer with the justice department. the justice department has an investigation under way by the office of professional responsibility. my understanding from talking to people who, by the way, worked in justice at the opr, was that they're not going to have any jurisdiction over acosta ...

Mention the girls who are now women who came forward and had the courage to talk to me on camera. that was very, very difficult for them to do after all of this time. they felt betroyed -- >> they were betrayed. they weren't told about the deal. they sued. congress is now involved. that's one thing i wanted to ask you before we go. i want you to give me what you think the big questions are going forward, but also the aspect of this being prosecuted by the public corruption, they don't usually handle these kinds of cases. what does that mean and what are the big questions. >> keep in mind that ...

Line either. i think that the question, john, is what was the nature of the agreement, what was promised, and did he actually deliver on certain things or promise certain outcomes. and here's where that search on his residence and his office come into play. it's worth noting that that search was conducted by the public corruption squad in the new york field office. and that is the squad that looks into violations involving improper influence on public officials. so there may be something there. we know that mueller has questioned at&t and novartis before, so i believe that there is something a...

Of this information sometime today, and hopefully we can get some indications, maybe, maybe, of just what this investigation is about. i also want to note you had the senior members of the u.s. attorney's office here at the southern district, the public corruption prosecutors in court. and also the fbi agents, one of the lead fbi agents, who is a public corruption agent, he's a supervisor on the public corruption squad. he was also in court. certainly this is being treated very seriously, obviously, but the number of u.s. attorneys and some of the senior-level fbi agents that were in court was...