we've gotten a statement from district attorney kevin steele, the prosecutor who did eventually bringsaying in part that bill cosby was, quote, found guilty by a jury and now goes free on a procedural issue that's irrelevant to the facts of the crime. steele continues saying i want to commend cosby's victory andrea constand in coming forward and remaining steadfast throughout this long or dole as well as all the other women who shared similar experiences. my hope is that this decision will not dampen the reporting of sexual assaults by victim. i think theish you're here, jeff, that we want to kind of key in on is that this really wasn't kevin steele's decision-making that led to pill cosby not being charged in the first place. that goes to former trump impeachment attorney bruce castor who really gets hit hard in these opinions here today. castor was the person in 2005 who said look, you know, i'm not going to charge bill cosby, and that led to him testifying in the civil suit and obviously then a settlement involving andrea constand, and we're looking at bruce castor now. someone wel

this is a statement from kevin steele, the prosecutor in the case. my hope is that this decision will not dampen the reporting of sexual assaults by victims. prosecutors in my office will continue to follow the evidence wherever and whoever it leads. we still believe that no one is above the law including those that are rich, famous and powerful. stay with us. they said it couldn't be done but you managed to pack a record 1.1 trillion transistors into this chip whoo! yeah! oh, hi i invested in invesco qqq a fund that invests in the innovators of the nasdaq 100 like you you don't have to be circuit design engineer to help push progress forward can i hold the chip? become an agent of innovation with invesco qqq with less moderate-to-severe eczema why hide your skin if you can help heal your skin from within. with dupixent adults saw long-lasting, clearer skin and significantly less itch. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye prob

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the district attorney kevin steele criticizing the court's opinion responding he was found guilty byat is irrelevant to the facts of the crime. the 83-year-old was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a jury in 2018 found the actor guilty of drugging and assaulting andrea constand in 2004 while nearly 60 women came forward accusing the actor of sexual assault, only constand's account held up in court because of the stat statute of limitations. constand calling today's dealing and decisions disappointing arguing this, bret, will only prevent sexual assault victims from speaking outs in the future. bret? >> bret: alex, thank you. back in washington, the house has voted to form a special committee to investigate the capitol riot last january 6th. the vote was 222 to 190. along party lines with just two g.o.p. members voting yes. republicans contend majority democrats would turn the probe into a political exercise. house speaker nancy pelosi will appoint a chairperson at least 8 of the committee's 13 members, house republican leaders have not said whether they plan to participate. democ

agreement with the previous prosecutor should have prevented the next prosecutor, whose predecessor, kevin steele, from taking on this case after that. so let's bring in donna, criminal defense attorney that represented harvey weinstein and jonathan turley. a fox news contributor. great to have you with us today. if that is cosby's car, this is quite a stunning moment, donna. your thoughts as you watch this. >> absolutely. this is such an unbelievable day for justice, i think. when we look at the system of justice, we have to remember there's nothing more important than the presumption of innocence, nothing more important than the way evidence is admitted at a trial and we're learning today that you know, you can't allow all of these attacks to come in. these uncharged crimes with vague evidence. i think the court was clear that if a, you make a deal, that deal should mean something and bringing in the uncharged crimes was quite a problem here. i think this is not only a wonderful day for the system under which we all live, but it's a wonderful day for others who are sitting in prison looking at

castor made that stance was at a time when he was running for office and he wanted to win against kevin steelethat was why, because he had to answer that question, probably as part of his political campaign, why didn't you -- why didn't you press charges against bill cosby when andrea constand made the report in 2005. perhaps that was his answer. but -- so those are kind of the pieces of evidence. >> how often -- i appreciate you laying it out. how often does a prosecutor get involved in a civil case? i mean, i just -- meaning, so castor, you know, why would the prosecutor's office get involved with trying to get cosby to participate in a civil case and dangle nonprosecution as an incentive to do that. how often does that happen? >> it's such a funny question because the incredibility behind your question points to the answer, never. let me tell you why. one, as a prosecutor you respect the commonwealth, and so you can't say hey, mr. sexual predator, we're not going to let you off so that you can provide civil justice for one individual because that could be a prolific sexual offender. immunit

if you remember back in 2015 when kevin steel brought this case forward, it was just days away from the statute of limitations and andrea constand's case expiring. so now we have women who have come forward since. their allegations are from decades ago. so, no. unless possibly maybe the legal analyst can speak better to this, new evidence comes forward, but it's very doubtful at this point. >> thank you. and we will talk to our experts about that. let's go to cnn's jason carroll who is right near cosby's home right outside philly in elkins park. this has been real quick from the ruling by the pennsylvania supreme court to bill cosby being released to bill cosby going home. >> and to crowds starting to gather outside. we've got a lot of media out here. some of that noise that you're hearing are some of those people who support the accusers. some of those from the #metoo movement who are visibly and audibly upset about the court's decision. cosby said to be inside celebrating with his family, with his supporters. and, in fact, just a short while ago we heard from cosby's attorney who said

this is from kevin steele. he had previously prosecuted bill cosby. he says the majority decision by the pennsylvania supreme court orders the release of william h.cosby jr. from state prison. he was found guilty by a jury and now goes free on a procedural issue that is irrelevant to the facts of the crime. i want to commend cosby's victim, andrea constand, for her bravery in coming forward and remaining steadfast throughout this long ordeal as well as all the other women who have shared similar experiences. my hope is that this decision will not dampen the reporting of sexual assault by victims. prosecutors in my office will continue to follow the evidence wherever and to whomever it leads. we still believe that no one is above the law, including those who are rich, famous, and powerful. those are -- my thought goes back to prosecuting sexual assault cases. the deck is stacked against those who are victimized by sexual assault. let alone those delayed in their reporting and there's a whole host of reasons why somebody may delay in the reporting. ther

my version of the facts as well as kevin steele's and the way our team worked we don't believe there was any statement or promise made to begin with and we proved that at the early stages of the pretrial hearing. the common police court found there was no agreement, no promise made and in addition to that, joy, the superior court of pennsylvania also agreed with our finding. the other thing i wanted to highlight is that not only do we believe there was no prosecutorial agreement made but generally, if one is to be made, you see these in homicides allowing one witness to testify against one another. this is not what bruce castor is saying. he made a promise not to prosecute someone to go the civil realm. i've never heard that happening in my entire legal career. he was represented by competent counsel. don't you think that would have been in writing and approved by a court in the normal course and throw in the facts, joy, after he allegedly made this promise, he issues out a press release which i understand and respect the judge's release he makes very clear in that press release, i w

>> john's story, which had disappeared forever, had it not been for mayor's facebook posts and kevin's steel memory, now give aunt jan and all those who loved and believed in tommy unruly, new determination. the family brought in a whole new legal team. with one goal. nail down the evidence. get the brothers out of prison. attorneys jan knabb and valÉrie newman. >> i thought this case should have never been charged. >> a mistake happened. a mistake happened and they ended up with two men spending potentially the rest of their lives in prison. >> now, if only the team could find the other people who were in the car with john that night. and if they all told the same story, well, maybe then they'd have something. >> coming -- up after more than two decades, the moment of truth. >> it was pins and needles. i mean, it was our life. >> this was it? >> this was it, for sure. >> when dateline continues. s' yoga. namaste... ...surprise parties. aww, you guys. dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks... ...for 3!... ...so i can du more of the things i love. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems.

now, we just got a statement from district attorney kevin steele who said that bill crosby walks free today because his case was overturned on a procedural issue but that the state supreme court did not take issue with the facts of the case and the fact that the jury found him guilty of sexual assault. amman? >> speaking of some of those victims, there's been a lot of reaction coming in so far. one notable one, actress phylicia rashad who played claire huxtable on "the cosby show," finally a terrible wrong is being right. a miscarriage of justice is corrected. stephanie, i do want to talk about the accusers here. we are hearing from some of them. what has been their reaction learning that the man who they say sexually assaulted them is walking free today? >> well, there's a lot of shock. we know that andria constand who got these charges and her attorneys say right now they are not commenting, that they are looking over this decision but at the moment they are not going to do interviews, but i want to back up a little bit to that timeline and those 2015 tharnlgs that were eventually b

but i'm wondering, michael steel, what do you think of kevin mccarthy first refusing for weeks and weeks how narratives catch up with you. you let this sit out and fester. you have members of the caucus that won't shake the hands of a dc police officer who protected the capital and was injured as a result of that effort. and now he is out here and he is telling his story. and he's letting you know that these guys don't care about us. we're nothing more than a talking point to rally a red, white, and blue fundraising event. at the same time you have nancy pelosi announcing this select committee. the pressure is ratcheting up. now they're trying to course correct to get on the right side so that when the investigations again you don't have someone like him out there as a witness saying let me tell you not only what happened then, but how this was part of a further conspiracy or whatever. so yeah, they're playing catch up. and you know, it's embarrassing but here they are. they're not really ashamed here if is a shameless effort. >> i'm hold enough to remember when the republicans were the

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