mr. turley thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >> tucker: you don't often hear people prosecuted for violatinghe fera act, the legal requirement to register as a foreign lobbyist. a lot of people do it, very few register. why is that unenforced? >> there's only been a handful of are prosecution's. to have it in this mix is odd. it's not exactly a fears charge to face. but it was brought nick. i think it sends a signal to others, like flynn, like tony podesta, that these are charges that could be brought. i think this indictment is saying the special counsel is prepared to indict anyone for anything within his mandate. but he's clearly focussing on these types of financial transactions and register violations. fera violations are deadly, some are registration violations. jurors tend to treat those as basically cut and dried if they're convinced you had to file, then you're guilty. you can secure these types of convictions. they're in a mix with very serious crimes. >> tucker: look, this whole investigation appears to be focused on the question of foreign influence. how do foreign governments af

mr. turley. is up in the vapors over papadopoulos thing.did papadopoulos do in reaching out to russians for campaign dirt that d.n.c. didn't do through their law firm and million dollars reaching out to dirt?ns for campaign is there a difference? why is mueller hounding one attention ot paying to fusion gps? guest: well, it is unlikely going to focus on the dossier. into ld conceivably move that area. some of us take the view of all.tigate them the quite frankly, i would love to see everyone investigated and to have a full record of ll of this involvement of russian sources. it is true that the dossier involved going to foreign national, paying him money and he received some information rom what is believed to be russian intelligence sources. t is also true that papadopoulos, if you look at his ndictment, there are some damming aspects there. this mysterious professor with was found by mueller to be interested in him solely because of his role on campaign. they strongly suggest in the indictment that the russians offering dirt, presumably f

mr. trump dossier. here now, jonathan turley, constitutional law attorney and law professor george george wan university. always good to see you. boy, there are a lot of tentacles to this story. you've got an investigation into russian involvement and campaigns, which has been largely focused on the trump campaign, but there is a whole new ball of wax here, and it makes it very difficult to sort of ignore the things that are being revealed on the other side of the fence. >> right frankly, it's good to have something that is more recognizable as a criminal allegation. as you know, i've been very skeptical about the past russian collusion claims as being a criminal matter, even though i supported the council of the -- the abutment of the council after comehy was fired. i have been cautioning that it isn't a crime to glue. in the same sense, it would be a crime to receive information on the other side from a foreign national. the only allegations against the clintons could potentially be criminal. it doesn't mean that they are criminal. the $500,000 given to bill clinton might have been innocent. the timin