Entered the not guilty pleas for him in court on his behalf with him sitting there in the courtroom today. Three on not guilty pleas on charges of arson and one for allegedly being a felon in possession of a firearm. 54yearold coy from Boulder Creek is accused of starting that fire two weeks ago that threatened hundreds of homes and destroyed two of them. Also damaging six more, as you said. Coy was already in jail accused of looting homes in the burned area when investigators linked him to the fire that caused an estimated 7 million in damage. Lets be honest, he lit a fire that caused an evacuation and burned 300plus acres. Thats not something that happens every day in this county. And its arson. Its not an accident. And the message should be that we are going to come after you if you do those sort of things in this county with all the resources that we have and were going do do everything we can to hold you accountable. Reporter prosecutors say multiple witnesses saw coy start the fi
Cooperation. Robert mueller and his teams m. O. Is to keep quiet and keep things under wraps, dont talk to the media. They have to do something to show what they are coming up with. The Mueller Office will be up and running well into 2018, if not through the whole year. Good morning, thank you for joining us. Im rene marsh in for christi paul. Im victor blackwell. Our top story, the crittal investment in the russia investigation. We are learning that special Counsel Robert Mueller has filed the first charges in the russian meddling in the 2016 election and probable collusion with the Trump Campaign and the sources telling cnn and say that anyone charged in the investigation could be taken into custody as early as monday. It is a landmark moment in the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. Sources briefed on the matter say a federal grand jury in washington approved the first charges in the investigation led by special Counsel Robert Mueller. A spokesperson declined
Word from all of them is that they have not been notified. They have not been told to have their client or clients surrender. Whats clear, though, to us is that something will likely happen next week. Weve been told its possible as soon as monday. Arrangements have been made for people to programs surrender for there to be some kind of court action on monday, whether its a present am, an arraignment, exactly what will take place on monday, we dont know. Because these charged are sealed, the fact that we even know this much is pretty remarkable. But it was an Extraordinary Development that happened sometime yesterday at the grand jury here in washington, d. C. And even though mueller has been investigating possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia, the charges on those sealed indictments, wont use that word collusion, right . Well, as far as we know no, it wont, but we really dont know what is contained in the charging documents, in the indictment. You know, it could be m
Well as possible obstruction of justice by the president. A federal judge has ordered the charges remain sealed, but sources tell cnn anyone could be taken into custody as soon as monday. Still unclear who could be charged or the possible charges. Our correspondents and expert analysts are standing by to break it all down for us. Lets begin with cnns ryan nobles at the white house. So, ryan, we have heard from the white house with a no comment. Anything more . Reporter no. Thats it so far. I was and in contact with a white house official this morning that said that was going to be the white houses response, there would be no comment. And the president himself has followed suit with that specific position by this white house. He has been on twitter this morning. Hes tweeted three times. Has not at all mentioned this report that charges will be filed in the investigation by the special counsel. And, you know, the white house has really positioned itself here to play the political game wh
9 00 p. M. On cnn. The next hour of the cnn newsroom starts right now. Hello, again, everyone. Thank you very much for joining me this saturday. Im fredricka whitfield. The white house says no comment following the news first on cnn that the first charges have been filed in the probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller is investigating russian interference in the 2016 election, possible collusion with Donald Trumps campaign, as well as possible obstruction of justice by the president. A federal judge has ordered the charges remain sealed, but sources tell cnn anyone could be taken into custody as soon as monday. Still unclear who could be charged or the possible charges. All of this unfolding with President Trump at his golf club in virginia right now. Our correspondents and expert analysts are standing by to dive in on all of this. We begin now with cnns shimon prokapez who helped break the story. What can we expect in these possible charges . We expect over the course of t