THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL,
CELEBRITIES HEADED TO COURT
TODAY, LORI LOUGHLIN AND
FELICITY HUFFMAN AMONG A GROUP
OF PARENTS EXPECTED TODAY BEFORE
A JUDGE.
ALL COULD FACE HARSH PENALTIES
INCLUDING TAX CHARGES, IRS
PAYMENTS, EVEN JAIL TIME.
JOINING US NOW IS FOX NEWS
SENIOR JUDICIAL ANALYST, ANDREW
NAP NATCH.
GOOD TO SEE
GOOD -O SEE
GOOD -- SEE
GOOD -- NEE
GOOD -- NAPOLITANO.
>> THESE ARE ARRAIGNMENTS WHICH
HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN GROUPS.
THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED
IN THIS CASE THAT THE COURT HAS
BEEN BRINGING THEM IN
PERIODICALLY.
MANY OF THEM HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH BOSTON.
SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE IN LOS
ANGELES AND THEY'RE PRESUMABLY
IN BOSTON NOW.
SO AN ARRAIGNMENT IS RELATIVELY
UNEVENTFUL.
BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY YOU
UNDERSTAND THE CHARGES AGAINST
YOU AND YOU DO
YOU AND DOU DO
YOU AND DO YDO
YOU AND DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOUR BAIL IS WHICH HAS ALREADY
BEEN SET.
IT DOES REMIND US OF THE SIZE
AND COMPLEXITY OF THIS ENTIRE
THING.
IT ALSO REMINDS ME THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT
FINISHED INVESTIGATING BECAUSE
ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE PARENTS
CAN LESSEN THEIR EXPOSURE IS BY
REPORTING OTHERS THAT THEY KNOW
THAT HAVE DONE THIS, EITHER WITH
THE SAME PEOPLE, THE RICK SINGER
TEAM, IT'S CALLED A TEAM,
BECAUSE IT'S A CRIMINAL
CONSPIRACY, THEY'VE ALREADY
PLEADED GIL TO TO IT,
PLEADED GUI TO TO IT,
PLEADED GUILTO TO IT,
PLEADED GUILTY TO IT, OR WITH
OTHERS.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY WHERE
THIS IS GOING TO GO.
THE STUDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN
INDICTED.
THE SCHOOLS HAVE NOT BEEN
INDICTED.
SOME OF THE STUDENTS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN KICKED OUT OF THE
SCHOOLS IN WHICH THEY -- TO
WHICH THEY WERE ADMITTED.
I DO SUSPECT THAT A LOT MORE
WILL COME OUT OF THIS.
DAGEN: YOU'RE SAYING IF THEY
RAT, THESE PARENTS RAT ON THEIR
FRIENDS.
>> LOOK, HERE'S A BASIC RULE OF
THUMB.
WHOEVER GOES TO THE PROSECUTOR
-- 38 TEAMS OF PARENTS HERE.
WHOEVER GOES TO THE PROSECUTORS
FIRST IS GOING TO GET THE EASIER
DEAL.
AND WHOEVER BRINGS THE MOST
INFORMATION TO THE PROSECUTORS
IS GOING TO GET THE EASIER DEAL.
MARIA:
.ARIA:
.MAIA:
.MARI:
.MARIA: WOW.
>> I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS A
JAIL TIME CASE FOR THE PARENTS.
SOME OF THEM THEMSELVES WERE
DUPED.
IT IS CLEARLY A JAIL TIME CASE
FOR THE PEOPLE RECEIVING THE
BRIBES.
DAGEN: THE TROUBLE FOR THESE
ACTRESSES, THESE FAMOUS PEOPLE,
THESE PARENTS IS THAT RICK
SINGER WAS COOPERATING WITH THE
PROSECUTORS, WITH THE FBI.
>> THAT'S HOW THEY ALL GOT
CAUGHT.
DAGEN: THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH
TO BRING TO THE TABLE.
IF YOU CAN FLIP ON THE
MASTERMIND THAT YOU PROBABLY --
>> LET ME CLARIFY WHAT I WAS
SAYING.
ONE OF THE THINGS SINGER'S
LAWYER SAID AS HE WAS WALKING
OUT OF THE COURTHOUSE WHEN HE
PLEADED GUILTY, WAS MY CLIENT
HELPED OVER 750 PEOPLE.
WHAT?
THERE'S ONLY 50 FAMILIES
INVOLVED IN THE CASE.
WHERE ARE THE OTHER 700.
FLIPPING ON PEOPLE NOT IN THE
CASE OR ON OTHER CONSPIRACIES
THAT THE GOVERNMENT MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN KNOWING ABOUT AND
DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT.
>> HOW FAR IS THE GOVERNMENT
INTO THOSE OTHER 700?
ARE THEY INTO TEN OF THEM?
ARE THEY INTO ZERO OF THEM?
ARE THEY INTO 700 OF THEM?
>> THUS FAR, THAT'S BELOW THE
RADAR SCREEN AND THE GOVERNMENT
REVEALS THESE THINGS WHEN IT
WANTS TO OR WHEN IT HAS TO, WHEN
IT FEELS THE DEFENDANT MAY BE
LEAVING THE JURISDICTION.
WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
>> IT MIGHT NOT BE JUST THIS ONE
CASE.
THERE MIGHT BE OTHER RINGS,
MIGHT BE OTHER NETWORKS THAT --
MARIA: REALLY?
>> THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR.
THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE EVERYBODY
IN THE SINGER NETWORK BUT THERE
PROBABLY ARE OTHER PEOPLE OUT
THERE.
THESE ARE NOT ORGANIZED LIKE
FINE CORPORATIONS.
>> IT'S NOT A MONOPOLY.
>> THESE ARE VERY LOOSELY TIED
IN TOGETHER AGREEMENTS.
THERE MAY BE AN OVERLAPPING OR
THERE MAY NOT.
MARIA: HOW ABOUT THE OSCAR
ANTI-TRUST CONCERNS.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REPORT
LTD
RED
REPORTEDLY WARNING ABOUT
CHANGING OSCAR RULES TO EXCLUDE
STREAMING SERVICES, THEY SAY IT
COULD RAISE ANTI-TRUST CONCERNS,
IT'S AFTER REPORTS OF STEVEN
SPIELBERG'S PROPOSED RULE CHANGE
THAT WOULD PREVENT NETFLIX FROM
COMPETING AT THE ACAT
COMPETING AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS.
THIS COMES AS NETFLIX IS ROLLING
OUT ANOTHER ROUND OF PRICE
INCREASES AND AFTER THE
NOMINATION THAT HAPPENED BY A
NETFLIX-CAR
NETFLIX -AR
NETFLIX --R
NETFLIX -- OF A NETFLIX FILM.
DAGEN: IT WAS ROMA, A BEST
PICTURE NO, MA'AM
PICTURE NOM MA'AM
PICTURE NOMINA'AM
PICTURE NOMINEEAM
PICTURE NOMINEE.M
IT WAS RELEASED IN A LIMITED
NUMBER OF THEATERS.
WHAT THE ACADEMY IS TRYING TO DO
IS MAKE NETFLIX AND ANY
STREAMING SERVICE RELEASE ITS
MOVIES IN MORE THEATERS TO
QUALIFY BECAUSE, AGAIN, I GUESS
THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE MOVIES
AREN'T ACTORS LIKE STEVEN
SPIELBERG.
>> IN MY VIEW THIS IS A NOVEL
USE OF THE ANTI-TRUST LAWS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO
GO.
TYPICALLY, THE PURPOSE OF
ANTI-TRUST IS TO PREVENT ONE
COMPETITOR FROM DOMINATING THE
MARKET OR PUSHING ANOTHER
COMPETITOR.
THE ECONOMY DOESN'T COMPETE WITH
ANYBODY.
IT'S A VOLUNTARY GROUP OF PEOPLE
THAT LAUD THEMSELVES.
THE COMPETITORS ARE THE
PRODUCERS OF THE -- AND THE
STUDIOS.
>> YOU'RE BEING POLITE WHEN YOU
SAY NOVEL USE.
I MEAN, THE IDEA THAT A BIG TECH
COMPANY LIKE NETFLIX IS A VICTIM
OF DOMINANCE.
>> IT'S ABSURD.
>> SEEMS FAR-FETCHED.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS IS FROM A CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN, THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE.
I MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED THIS THREE
OR FOUR YEARS AGO FROM THE FOLKS
THAT RAN THE ANTI-TRUST DIVISION
IN THE OBAMA YEARS.
BUT --
>> THE WAY THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
USING ANTI-TRUST IS NOT SMALL
GOVERNMENT.
DAGEN: I LOVE THE
DISMISSIVENESS OF SPIELBERG,
SAYING THE CONTENT CREATED FOR
NETFLIX, IT'S A TV MOVIE IF IT'S
NOT RELEASED IN A CERTAIN NUMBER
OF THEATERS.
AGAIN, IT'S THE IDIOT BUBBLE OF
HOLLY WEIRD.
MARIA: HOLLY WEIRD.
>> THE BEST RESPONSE FOR THIS
WOULD BE FOR NETFLIX TO KICK THE
DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THESE PEOPLE
WITH THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.
MARIA: I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
>> YES, RIGHT.
MARIA: THAT'S WHY THEY'RE
UPSET.
>> WHY SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT GET
INVOLVED?
>> WHAT DOES THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CARE ABOUT THIS.
DAGEN: SPIELBERG WAS AT THE
APPLE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ITS
CONTENT DEAL, NEW CONTENT THAT
IT'S RELEASING ON THE TV.
MARIA: OPRAH WAS THERE.
DAGEN: OPRAH.
AND SO --
>> IT'S DIFFERENT, THEY'RE
PAYING HIM.
THEY'RE STEERING REVENUES TO
HIM.
IT'S OKAY.
>> HERE'S THE BASIC RULE OF
THUMB.
ANY CONTRACT OR COMBINATION AND
RESTRAINT OF INTERSTATE TRADE IS
ILLEGAL.
IS SPIELBERG'S REACTION TO
NETFLIX STEALING IT OR ENHANCING
IT.
>> THE IRISHMAN WITH JOE PESCI
IS COMING OUT THIS FALL.
MARIA: I SAY ARE YOU TALKING TO
ME?
DAGEN: I AM TALKING TO YOU.
>> SHE'S AUDITIONING FOR A PART
IN THE MOVIE.
MARIA: THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.
THAT'S A GOOD CAST.
DAGEN: I MAKE YOU LAUGH?
YOU THINK I'M FUNNY?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YOU'RE FUNNY, DAGEN.