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Transcripts For MSNBCW Andrea Mitchell Reports 20180821 16:00:00


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the jury that there is a third option, there is guilt, there is not guilty, and there is a hung jury. the judge declined to do that and said that if the jury were to come back again and say they remain deadlocked, the judge will ask them how many counts they ve reached a verdict on. he ll then consult with the lawyers and decide whether or not to take what s called a partial verdict which means to have the jury announce those counts to which they ve reached unanimous agreement. now, correct me if i m wrong, the trials that i ve covered in the past, dan, and you re the lawyer and former prosecutor, a judge will only repeat that allen charge so many times, or else risk, you know, being overturned on appeal if it ends up being a conviction, that east putting too much pressure on a deadlocked jury. you re exactly right, andrea. even the judge mentioned that his objective ....

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Republicans, they re in the majority, are they going to do anything to stop this from happening? i don t know. what i do know is that donald trump cares about exactly one person in america: donald trump. and he will do everything he can to protect himself. and that s the direction he keeps heading. and whatever it does to rule of law, to our established agencies, to law enforcement, it s all about donald trump for donald trump. he promised to drain the swamp, memorably, in the campaign. you came out with an initiative today against lobbyists, against government rulemaking. why? why is it so critical to you now? look, this is a problem, though, i would like to say, this is a problem that only is with donald trump. it wouldn t be true. this is a problem that s been going on now for decades. as corporations, billionaires, those who have money, the well-connected and the wealthy, keep making more and more of their influence felt in ....

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