attorney in new york preparing in case mueller gets pardoned by the president, he they can do that? i mean, how would how do they actually go about that? you have to do it carefully. we have something in the constitution called the double jeopardy clause. right, yeah. and it can apply, depending on the circumstances, in both directions if the federal prosecutors go first versus whether the local prosecutors go first. generally speaking, if the federal prosecutors go first and it s the same conduct that s at issue, depending on the state constitution of the local prosecutor, and in new york, it s a pretty it s a pretty high bar, they can t go forward. so there are arguments that can be made depending on what their case is about. i don t know exactly what their case is about. but it likely will at a minimum be about tax evasion. and there was a fix made to new york law some years ago after the leona helmsly case, making it clear that if you commit tax evasion on the federal l
investigations. but if news about mueller being close to wrapping up is to be believed, this filing may be one of the final glimpses into the case mueller has built. also new today, nbc has confirmed that prosecutors in new york plan to bring state charges against manafort, which would ensure that manafort is held accountable for his crimes, even if the president pardons hix. the new york times explains, quote, the president has broad power to issue pardons for federal crimes but no such authority in state cases. while there s been no clear indication trump intends to pardon manafort, the president has spoken repeatedly of his pardon power and defended his former campaign chairman on a number of occasions. the move by new york prosecutors marks just the latest point the legal trouble for trump world extend far beyond mueller s reach. that s where we start with some of our favorite reporters and friends. phil rucker, white house bureau chief of the washington post,
although he could bring down a commissioner. who knows but he used similar strategies to today. reasoning he could maintain surprise and leverage by avoiding any public spotlight. then as now, there were clues that he was working hard, grueling hours that started days before sunrise and usa today reported leaving well after dark. the kpards here is about mueller s process and integrity, not the underlying subject. there was in mystery then about what rice did. the only issue was whether the nfl really knew in advance. now a lot of critics figured well, they must have known. must have done something wrong. so the finding of the report is not notable in that it did or didn t find wrongdoing. but it was independent regardless of what political pressure there was. in this case mueller found all that evidence did not suggest the nfl knew about rice s misconduct in advance. former fbi director robert mueller s investigation found no evidence that anyone at the nfl
unsealed and he immediately volunteered to multiple news outlets at the time of the indictment, hey, that s me. hey, i m in that, i m the u.s. person whose mentioned in that mueller indictment of all those gru officers. literally when all those gru guys were charged by mueller, roger stone came out to say to anyone who would listen that he wanted everyone to know he s in that indictment. that u.s. personal in that indictment, that s him. i m in that. i m part of that. now that he s been formally charged with multiple felonies and prosecutor as degree and say yes, sir, you are in that indictment. you are related to that russian military intelligence case, today his lawyers tried to tell the court he has nothing to do with it. there is no nexus here. why is he being mentioned in conjunction with that case? what s more interesting to me today though. despite all that stuff involving roger stone is another filing we got in federal court today in
that judge is the same judge who has handled the case mueller brought against russian intelligence officers from the gru. and it s not a coincidence roger stone s case is being handled by the same judge who is doing the gru case. that judge in fact was assigned to roger stone s case specifically because once prosecutors indicted roger stone, they said in his indictment that his case is explicitly related to this other case number. and that is the case number on the indictment of all those gru russian military intelligence officers. prosecutors say these are related cases. roger stone and the gru. and it sort of makes sense. this is a legal analysis but observing it but roger stone is accused of lying to congress about his interactions with the