if everything dassey said in the confession was true. we didn t try to manipulate brendan. we tried to get at the truth. and i don t believe that it was a false confession. are there parts of it that he may have not done? i don t know. you know, i just don t know. in august of 2016, a federal judge weighed in with a bombshell. in response to a brief filed by dassey s attorneys, judge william duffin ruled that brendan dassey s confession was involuntary. with that, the judge overturned his conviction and ordered dassey to be released from prison. what was that like for you, hearing that news? mixed emotions. i know we did everything above board, that one magistrate rules that it isn t fine, in his
i know we did everything above board that one magistrate rules it isn t fine in his opinion, which is all right because that is the system. reporter: are you okay if he walks free? i m not okay if the family is not okay. i believe brendan was involved in this, that he was there and he was involved in it. reporter: the wisconsin attorney general also believes brendan was involved in teresa s murder. he appealed the judge s order for release, asking a full panel of federal judges to review the case. in september of 2017 that request was granted. the u.s. court of appeals heard arguments whether dassey s conif for example was coerced and nine months later, theyup held that dassey s confession was voluntary meaning the young man will remain in case. brendan dassey s lawyers have
but even fassbender wonders if everything dassey said in the confession was true. we didn t try to manipulate brendan. we tried to get at the truth. and i don t believe that it was a false confession. are there parts of it that he may have not done? i don t know. you know, i just don t know. in august of 2016, a federal judge weighed in with a bombshell. in response to a brief filed by dassey s attorneys, judge william duffin ruled that brendan dassey s confession was involuntary. with that, the judge overturned his conviction and ordered dassey to be released from prison. what was that like for you, hearing that news? mixed emotions. i know we did everything above board, that one magistrate rules that it isn t fine, in his
board, that one magistrate rules that it isn t fine, in his opinion, which is all right. because that s the system. are you okay if we walks free? i m not okay if the family s not okay. i believe brendan was involved in this. that he was there and he was involved in it. the wisconsin attorney general also believes brendan was involved in teresa s murder. he appealed the judge s order for release, asking a full panel of federal judges to review the case. in september of 2017, that request was granted. the seventh circuit u.s. court of appeals heard evidence about whether dassey s confession was coerced. nine weeks later, the seven-judge panel upheld the state court s finding that dassey s confession was voluntary, meaning the young man will remain in prison. dassey s lawyers have vowed to continue the fight for his
though trump you could argue wasn t the typical standard bearer. he is now and the whole party capitulated to his identity. i ll talk to you in a second. sure. here s what i don t get about the wrongdoing thing. i feel like you guys talk about wrongdoing on the republican side only from the lens of criminality. poll after poll shows, you know this, people care about this, they want to know who did what. it matters. do they want impeachment? no. i ve never seen a poll where you have the majority of the country saying it. we also don t know what we re talking about either. we get to see this report, if we ever get do see it, have to see what the oversight yields, if yields anything. that will matter to the american people. they re not fools. they care about this. i think that the question is going to be this, is a felony the only thing that isn t fine? if it s not a felony, because we know right now there was collusion with people on the campaign. not a crime, but what manafort did