Can Edward Snowden Come Home?
ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.</s>BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Top of the hour. I'm Brooke Baldwin, two big breaking news stories at this hour. First, Justice Department official telling CNN that Attorney General Eric Holder says if NSA leaker Edward Snowden is prepared to plead guilty, that's a big if, the Justice Department is prepared to discuss with Snowden's lawyers how Snowden may come home, how he may return to the country. I want to bring in our justice reporter, Evan Perez, and also we have CNN legal analyst Paul Callan on the phone. But, Evan Perez, you broke the story. Tell me what you know.</s>EVAN PEREZ, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Well, at this point, this is probably just an opening for Snowden's lawyers to get in touch with the Justice Department and decide whether or not he is indeed prepared to plead guilty. The attorney general is opening the door to that. This is not an indication that they are open to a reduced sentence or anything like that, I'm told. This is simply a way for the attorney general to perhaps put the onus back on Edward Snowden. As you know, "The New York Times" and "The Guardian," and many people in Congress in recent weeks have been calling for the Justice Department to try to come to an agreement, perhaps some lesser charges or something like that that would bring Snowden back and stop some of these leaks. I'm not sure whether or not those leaks can be stopped in any case, but at least getting him out of the hands of the Russians and back to the United States to face some justice is what Justice Department is very interested in. We don't know whether or not again there is any ability to do some lesser charges and to make some kind of plea agreement. This is simply a way for the attorney general to address these questions of whether or not they are open to clemency or some kind of deal with Edward Snowden.</s>BALDWIN: OK. Evan, thank you. Paul, we hear Evan talking about this is probably the opening offer. My question to you would be, what kind of precedent would this set if the government enters into plea negotiations with Edward Snowden?</s>PAUL CALLAN, CNN LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR: Brooke, those within the intelligence community who are opposed to making a deal with Snowden have said that this would encourage others to leak information knowing that they could negotiate their way into a deal or slap on the wrist kind of deal, because normally the penalties for what Snowden is accused of having done, which essentially is espionage, they can be as high as death. It's one of the few federal statutes that calls for the death penalty. Eric Holder in a July 23 letter to the Russians said that they are not going to seek death with respect to Snowden, but I'm just saying to explain the severity of the penalties involved here. This sends a message obviously that under certain circumstances Justice will offer a lenient deal, a more lenient deal, and they're doing it in the Snowden case.</s>BALDWIN: Paul, what are the odds Snowden actually says, yes, I will plead guilty?</s>CALLAN: The one thing I find to be interesting about this -- and now Evan would know more about this being close to the scene and reporting, but normally prosecutors don't float this kind of an offer unless they have had some backdoor indication that there might be acceptance. I'm betting that signals have been sent from the Snowden camp back to justice that he would be willing to negotiate and that we may find out later on that there have been some behind-the-scenes negotiations going on. I can't see why Justice would go so very public with this unless they had an indication from the Snowden camp that something maybe could be worked out.</s>BALDWIN: Since I have you, let me tap into your legal mind on a different subject, Paul Callan. This pertains to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, because we are hearing his reelection campaign has been subpoenaed for documents by federal prosecutors investigating that the who so-called Bridgegate, the debacle on the George Washington Bridge back in September. Also, the New Jersey Republican state committee has been subpoenaed. What does all of that mean for the investigation, do you think?</s>CALLAN: It's very interesting because there was a hint that was out there recently that this might happen. And the hint was there is a lawyer named Timpone who was representing Bridget Kelly, his chief of staff. He said he had to step down on conflict of interest grounds from representing her. He holds the position, by the way, of a commission in New Jersey that investigates finance campaign problems on the part of politicians. Obviously, he knew that the Justice Department was going to subpoena records relevant to campaign and campaign contributions. I'm not surprised by this. Once a federal investigation has been opened, there are a wide varieties of subjects that a prosecutor can look into. And certainly all kinds of things are going to be subject to public scrutiny and scrutiny by the Justice Department now that there is an open investigation. Now, we have to say in the end just because subpoenas have been issued, that's no indication that the governor is guilty of anything. It's just an indication that you are going to have a very thorough investigation done by a very thorough prosecutor, Mr. Fishman.</s>BALDWIN: Just an indication that people still have a lot of questions for what's happened. Paul Callan, thank you so much on both of these breaking news stories this afternoon. Thank you. And now to Justin Bieber. He is one of the hottest pop singers in the world. Check his Twitter page. This guy has some 49 million Twitter followers, a movie, hit songs, a following that might make Elvis jealous if he were alive today. But this 19-year-old multi-platinum- selling recording artist was arrested for DUI and resisting arrest. Here's the mug shot. Miami Beach police pulled him over early this morning. They say he was drag racing and looked high. Bieber left jail just about an hour ago, free on a $2,500 bond. Our camera was there. Is he waving? Look at that. First time I am seeing this video right here with you. The singer is a teen music sensation, but the headlines as of late are of a very adult nature. Earlier, I talked to former child actor, "Partridge Family," anyone, Danny Bonaduce, who said all this negative attention has to be sinking in for the star.</s>DANNY BONADUCE, ACTOR: It's quite literally sobering. He's realizing at this point -- because I don't think this kid is an idiot, no matter what he has done. He has got to understand what is happening to his career. Every minute, there's another picture of him in an orange jumpsuit. I saw him at court, totally different attitude than in jail with a smiling mug shot. He was there. You could tell he was getting bummed out and he was getting an idea of what it's like to be there.</s>BALDWIN: Also arrested was Bieber's friend, R&B; singer Khalil Amir Sharieff. That is who police say Bieber was allegedly drag racing with in this residential neighborhood going double the speed limit. Nancy Grace, HLN host Nancy Grace, I wanted to begin with that smiling mug shot, but I have changed my mind on the fly now that I have seen the picture. Did you see just the video of Justin Bieber leaving the Miami-Dade County jail? Let's play it again, guys, waving to his fans. When you see this, what do you think?</s>NANCY GRACE, HOST, "NANCY GRACE": It immediately reminds me of when Michael Jackson, in the middle of the child molestation trial, got up on top of the black SUV and danced and waved to all of his fans. Of course, this is a car cry. Bieber is still a kid. He is. Imagine this, a 19-year-old with an alcohol problem and a dope problem, because when he was arrested he was bragging to the officer, man, I have been smoking weed all day. That will go over well in court. The bigger concern for me though is a lot of people in America, or they want to, live in quiet neighborhoods with their children. You know what? I would not appreciate somebody in my quiet residential neighborhood with my children and other children playing speeding up to 60 miles an hour. You don't want to live on the interstate for a reason. Justin Bieber can't fly by at 60 miles an hour. They had cordoned it off, blocked it off, Brooke, with black SUVs so he and crazy Khalil could drag race at 4:00 in the morning. Yes, he needs to go to jail.</s>BALDWIN: That's exactly what I was about to point out. I have read all three pages of this, as I'm sure you have as well. When he says -- and I'm just going to have to bleep myself -- this is what Justin Bieber, according to police, said.</s>GRACE: The F-bomb on the cop.</s>BALDWIN: "Why the 'bleep' are you doing this?" This is Bieber to the cop after 4:00 a.m. "What the 'beep' did I do? Why did you stop me? I ain't got no 'bleeping' weapons. Why do you have to search me? What the 'bleep' is this about." A couple of other things on the screen that you see. And then I guess I have a lot of questions about this one. Let me just say, when you see his language toward an officer, how do you get to this point?</s>GRACE: You know what? I think, again, he's only 19. And I usually reserve my resentment for full-grown adults that do things like this, but if they had run over a kid, it wouldn't have mattered if he were 19 or 29. It wouldn't matter. But another thing, when I first started prosecuting, I had a very dear friend, a brand-new rookie cop, Randy Shapani (ph). He pulled over a kid about this age, told him to take his hands away from his pants. He didn't arrest the kid. The kid shot him in the head and killed him. That's what I remember. Bieber would not keep his hands out of his pants and the cop put him against the car. And he kept turning around to confront the cop. You know what? I'm surprised they didn't throw him down on the ground and arrest him right there. I'm stunned, and he F-bombed the cop over and over. If a cop stops me, I am not going to curse at the cop.</s>BALDWIN: There has to be this sense of celebrity invincibility, this sense of celebrity narcissism. I'm just curious in just watching him with that judge today, do you think he thinks this is real?</s>GRACE: No. I don't. I don't think it sunk in. He did a couple of hours in the can, in the jail. He got out on -- he is not being treated any differently. He got out on $2,500 bond, which is typical for that. He failed a field sobriety test. He took a Breathalyzer and I don't know the results yet, although there are rumors swirling what it is. I don't know the answer to that yet. But he was totally drinking. He had been having a weed party all day long. Don't even get me started on that. And to top it all off, out driving 60 miles an hour in a residential area. No, I think he has gotten away with too much bad behavior and has never been called on it. He had a rough time growing up with, single mom. He has got over a lot. I hate to see his career end like this, but what I really don't want is for him to run over someone and kill them when he is high on weed and drunk.</s>BALDWIN: We all agree with you. He could have killed someone this morning. He could have. Nancy Grace, thank you. In about 20 minutes, we will take a look at the business of Justin Bieber, his money and his music and his endorsements. That's coming up in a few minutes. 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