of trump. you know, you look at the general petraeus case from ten years ago. what he was charged with, that was very serious, he got off with i think probation and hundred thousand dollar fine. there are other people, including a recently an fbi agent, recently i think a lieutenant colonel in the armed forces. people have been charged to face prison time when they pled guilty around these things. but you have to wonder if the justice department is considering whether there is some political solution to this criminal problem. whether part of the issue here is not just that trump has committed crimes, but the trump s committed crimes and plans on being back in the white house. do they consider, as part of a potential plea offer, something that would prescribe him, prescribe him from running for office again. i don t know. i would imagine, if anything like that happened, it would have to come from the defense side of the negotiation. that the trump team would say, oh, by the way, with
and make the child responsible i still have a difficult tim wrapping my mind around that still, in an effort to avoi what was shown to be a ver public, very painful trial the prosecutors office offered abbott simon a plea deal plead guilty to one count of sexual conduct and except on year behind bars which, with time off for goo behavior would likely mean tha every would be free no matte what and know that we as a tea really wanted them to accept that plea offer so that that kid did not have to go through any of that. the damage, in the harm that comes from this kind of tria to a kid you just cannot understand until you are that kid and you are that kid s family. but abigail simon turn th deal down, cold. some people probably thought, what the heck were you thinking? most people so what were you doing?
here. prosecutor has to stay strong and i ve indicated to your producers and others, i was a prosecutor prosecuting murder cases, this is not a case i offer plea offer. they will say to the state, prove your case. we ll wait to see what they come up with if there is any other explanation, evidence is powerful. todd: joseph, what was your initial reaction, key takeaway from the affidavit and what holes are in the affidavit that you want filled? i got it tell you, certainly my first thought, i was overwhelmed, i don t know in memory i have seen a document like this, where you have so much data they talk about. the tie-back with d.n.a., we have d.n.a. actually left behind on the button snap of the sheath left in the bed next to one victim. that is just overwhelming, you don t have a knife, you have the
and cooperate. and cooperation, you know, is the currency of prosecution. that is how you make cases. people come in and they share it has to be something the government can co-op hula corroborate. sometimes, that can be the key to really breaking open a case where you can just explain things that previously were difficult for prosecutor to understand how things came together. so, i think now we can approach all those defendants with this new school of position to determine whether anyone is interested in a plea offer that cooperation against higher ups. in terms of repercussions for the individuals who were charged, glenn, obviously, mix and rhodes faced the most serious prison time, but there were convictions secured against all five of the codefendants and the other three will face the possibility of prison as well. yeah and i think the three lesser players, at least that s reflected by the jury s verdict,
is just gone up. so to the extent that they, you know, are setting the likelihood of conviction and the risk, they now have to think seriously about whether they want to enter guilty pleas and cooperate. and cooperation, you know, is the currency of prosecution. that is how you make cases. people come in and they share it has to be something the government can co-op hula corroborate. sometimes, that can be the key to really breaking open a case where you can just explain things that previously were difficult for prosecutor to understand how things came together. so, i think now we can approach all those defendants with this new school of position to determine whether anyone is interested in a plea offer that cooperation against higher ups. in terms of repercussions for the individuals who were charged, glenn, obviously, mix and rhodes faced the most