reporter. she is the co-author of our exclusive nbc news report from just last night on robert mueller asking witnesses if trump knew with these hacked democratic e-mails before they were released. also back with us, jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon. and we welcome back to the program, cynthia alneya, a federal prosecutor and a justice department veteran. welcome to you all. carol, about tonight s story, what is its central impact the your view? well, as you mentioned, this hacking and leaking strategically is the worst part. so this is significant in the sense we knew this was happening. but if mueller decides to move forward with an indictment, to me the key question is whether or not there are any americans that are tied to this. it s one thing for him to indict russians who will probably never be extradited and come over and
these judges follow sentencing guidelines, mueller could face eight to ten years in prison if convicted on all the charges in virginia and 15 to 20 if convicted on all the charges filed in washington. paul manafort is 68 years old. let s turn to our lead-off panel. carol lee is here with us. national political reporter, the co-author of our exclusive nbc news report from just last night on robert mueller asking witnesses if trump knew with these hacked democratic e-mails before they were released. also back with us, jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon. and we welcome back to the program, a federal prosecutor and a justice department veteran. welcome to you all. carol, about tonight s story, what is its central impact the
the fact that she s leaving i don t care how good the job is at walmart. it s odd she s leaving and there has to be a story there. after only working there for nine months in the justice department in this current position, that s a pretty short tenure and especially in the aftermath of what the president was asked last week, do you have confidence in rod rosenstein and he said i ll let you figure that one out. certainly no vote of confidence there. all the repeated attacks on the justice department, do you think that played a role in her decision? well, wolf, i don t know. but it certainly raises that possibili possibility. she had been an island of stability in this justice department. the president can t stand jeff sessions. you saw what he just said about rod rosenstein. rachel brand is a justice department veteran, she has impeccable credentials for her
and we welcome back to the program, a federal prosecutor and a justice department veteran. welcome to you all. carol, about tonight s story, what is its central impact the your view? well, as you mentioned, this hacking and leaking strategically is the worst part. so this is significant that we knew this was happening. if mueller decides to move forward with an indictment, to me the key question is whether or not there are any americans that are tied to this. it is one thing to indict lugss will probably never be extradited and stand trial in the united states. it is one thing if there are americans named or unnamed, should he decide to do an zpimt there could be strategic reasons why he wouldn t necessarily name an american who was part of hacking and leaking campaign.