reportedly signed off on bringing criminal charges against mccabe. the deputy attorney general jeffrey rosen also appointed by trump has reportedly signed off on bringing charges against mccabe. these officials are all now letting it be known that they want it, they would love for it to happen. they definitely want to lock him up. but what s very, very interesting about this story as of right now is that at least as of tonight it s not happening. remember, it s been 18 months since the supposed criminal referral here, and it s taken this long to get to yes, we want to charge him. but they still haven t charged him. and why is that? well, here s adam goldman and katie bender in the new york times tonight with more on these headwinds that seem to be in the way of this prosecution. hints of the case s weakness have emerged. the investigation was referred about 18 months ago, which is an unusually long stretch for an inquiry with a limited set of facts and witnesses. it dragged on for
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wednesday. it s worth noting in 2013, in a sworn deposition, trump testified that he barely knew sater and wouldn t recognize him in the same room. in the meantime, sater has testified that he knew trump personally and the two discussed business deals throughout the 2000s. julian assange has refused to hand over documents to the house judiciary committee as he lives in ecuadorian embassy still. joining us the new york times katie bender and randy zealand here in new york. katie, business at doj, why is felix sater critical in the conversations to president trump? of course, because he touches all of of the essential
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