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Michael Flynn Sentencing Report

January 18, 2019

TRANSCRIPT: Jim: Joining us now, CNN legal analyst, Page Pate, and chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News, Michael Isikoff. Michael, if I could begin with you. You, of course, have been following the Russia investigation from the very beginning here. Focusing on Flynn for a moment, it was interesting, in mid-September, the last we had […]

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Paul Manafort Sentencing Hearing

January 18, 2019

Attorney Page Pate, was asked by CNN to discuss the legal issues involved in the case of Paul Manafort and others as they relate to the investigation of the President of the United States. In discussing the impact of lies that Paul Manafort allegedly told regarding the investigation, how much information the public may get […]

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Will Manafort Get a Pardon?

January 18, 2019

TRANSCRIPT: Robyn: CNN legal analyst Page Pate is here with me now to discuss all of this. Great to have you in the studio. Page: Thank you. Robyn: So, after all of this time with the Mueller investigation working on all of this with Paul Manafort, it appears that the President intends to pardon him […]

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What is the “FIRST STEP Act” and how would it help people in federal court?

November 25, 2018

These past few weeks, news outlets have been heavily focused on the debate in Congress over the “FIRST STEP Act,” a bipartisan proposal to reform federal sentencing laws and conditions in federal prisons. With the president’s recent endorsement, the First Step Act has a good chance of being passed and signed into law next year. […]

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Will the Dimaya decision help federal inmates serve less time?

November 25, 2018

The answer is “maybe.” Earlier this month, the U.S District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, along with other district courts in the United States, issued an order calling for a comprehensive review of defendants who may be eligible for resentencing under the Supreme Court’s ruling in Sessions v. Dimaya, which struck down 18 […]

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