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Well, good evening, im laura coates. A week that began with Merrick Garland being accused of weaponizing the Department Of Justice against republicans ends with one of the most powerful democrats in washington, d. C. Now indicted for corruption. The chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, new jersey senator bob menendez stands accused of conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Essentially using his official position to force someone to give him something of value. Tonight, we are taking a deep dive into all of it from the investigation to the indictment and, of course, the political fallout and here are the Big Questions ive been asking all day, after seeing all the reports ive cut through all of it, here are the real questions, number one, did he do it . Right did he do it . Could a senator who left a hung jury in his last trial for conspiracy, bribery and Honest Services fraud, sound familiar, led to
Alleged-official-acts-that-don-tIdeaInvention-ideaAnnouncerHelpCall-invent800-710-00208007100020Laura-coatesMerrick-garlandWell, good evening everyone, im laura coast. A week that began with merrick garland, one of the most powerful democrats in washington, d. C. Now being charged with corruption. Conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Essentially using his official position to force someone to give him something of value. Tonight we are taking a deep dive into all of it from the investigation to the indictment and of course the political fallout and here are the Big Questions ive been asking all day after seeing all the reports thats cut through all of it. Here are the real yes, sir, number one, did he do it . Did he do it . Could a senator who left a hung jury in his last trial, led to personal favors really have been so imraizenbrabrazen a a second sometime around . Is corruption at its very finest, could the rules force him to step down there his position as chairman oar from the senate or maybe will the better question is will he actually do that .
EveryoneLaura-coastOneThe-democratsMerrick-garlandCorruptionOfficialConspiracyBriberyExtortionColorWashington-d-c-Headquarters in New York City. We start with that breaking news. We are awaiting a News Conference here in New York City on Sex Trafficking charges against billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, a man politically connected to two president s and a host ever other wealthy and powerful people. You can see folks assembling there for that News Conference set to start any moment now. We will bring it to you when it starts. Officials telling nbc news that epstein was arrested saturday after a joint investigation by the fbi and new york police stemming from incidents spanning from 2002 to 2005. Epstein is charged with two counts of Sex Trafficking for allegedly sexually abusing three minors. Im joined now by nbc news investigations correspondent tom winter, msnbc legal analyst former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner also with me. Wendy murphy is in massachusetts and here with me in the studio former federal prosecutor ann
marie mca voi and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. Tom, let me sta
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