00:04:57.120And the fact that a person or the allegation that a person may have committed multiple sexual assaults in multiple states,
00:05:02.800that still is not going to give you federal jurisdiction.
00:05:05.460That's just going to mean you might have multiple state level charges.
00:05:08.400And so you have to ask, what could have been the federal jurisdictional hook here?
00:05:13.560It could be, we don't know, but if some of this conduct happened on federal property or in a federal building, that would then give you federal jurisdiction.
00:05:22.080The thing we know for sure is prosecutors were able to convince, it sounds like two judges, if we have two warrants, that there's probable cause, A, that a federal crime was committed, and B, that they will find evidence of that crime in the phones and the locations to be searched.
00:05:35.840And I'll tell you, having gone through that process of bringing that paperwork to judges, they don't rubber stamp that.
00:05:40.680They look very carefully, especially in a high-profile case like this.
00:05:44.400Court documents showing the investigation is being handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco and the FBI's San Francisco field office, according to The Times.
00:05:53.320The FBI and Swalwell have not publicly commented on the searches.
00:05:56.400New details revealing how the investigation into an alleged cocaine trafficking ring
00:06:02.520operating through two Penn State fraternities reportedly began on Snapchat
00:06:07.060before one suspect's arrest allegedly helped authorities unravel a much larger operation.
00:06:13.200Fourteen people charged in the case earlier this week,
00:06:15.800including 13 current or former Penn State students and the father of one alleged ringleader.
00:06:21.760NBC News reporting police received a tip in September 2024
00:06:24.820that a man known as T-Rob was allegedly selling large amounts of cocaine from Penn State's Delta Upsilon House.
00:06:32.840The informant allegedly telling investigators the dealer was accepting payments through a Venmo account under the name Tom Robinson.
00:06:40.380Detectives reportedly connecting that account to fraternity member Thomas Robinson,
00:06:45.160then directing an informant to contact him on Snapchat and arrange a controlled purchase.
00:06:50.500NBC reporting confidential sources completing several additional cocaine buys from Robinson over the next few months.
00:06:57.440Police eventually raiding his fraternity room in December 2024, finding Robinson on his bed.
00:07:03.240Robinson allegedly resisting arrest and threatening the officers, forcing them to use a taser.
00:07:07.900He later reportedly told police he thought his fraternity brothers were playing a prank on him.
00:07:12.820Officers allegedly recovering cocaine, marijuana, more than 200 amphetamine pills, and a loaded .45-caliber handgun from the room, according to NBC News.
00:07:23.700Robinson facing a series of drug-related charges, court records reportedly not indicating whether he has entered a plea.
00:07:30.220Investigators saying Robinson then cooperated, allegedly identifying Sigma Chi member Agostino Abatiello as his primary cocaine supplier and providing information that helped authorities expose the wider network.
00:07:42.820Robinson reportedly describing transactions that grew from several ounces to full kilograms, including one alleged 500-gram purchase for $18,000 and later kilogram purchases for $22,000 each, according to NBC News.
00:07:58.120Court documents also showing how members of the alleged operation reportedly used everyday apps to conduct business.
00:08:04.340Box News reporting Robinson and other defendants allegedly arranging cocaine purchases and deliveries through Snapchat.
00:08:10.720Another alleged associate reportedly sending Abatiello roughly $30,000 through the cash app while distributing cocaine on his behalf.
00:08:20.420The investigation also reportedly expanding to what happened with evidence connected to Thomas Robinson following his arrest.
00:08:26.480Prosecutors accusing his father, Pittsburgh attorney Paul Robinson, of tampering with evidence and hindering his son's apprehension, allegedly concealing a safe containing drugs and cash.
00:08:36.380Paul Robinson's attorney, Michael DeRiso, insisting to CBS Pittsburgh yesterday, his client had no idea what his son was allegedly involved in.
00:08:45.360Do you think that he had any inkling about any of this?
00:08:51.600No, there's not. There's not a chance Paul Robinson would have involved himself in this massive drug ring stemming from New York.
00:09:02.180there's no chance that if Paul Robinson knew that his son or anybody his son was
00:09:09.040associated with was this deep and something this large that Paul would
00:09:13.880not have put an end to it so in terms of the Venmo and having this money come in
00:09:18.920I mean I don't know what type of lifestyle his son well that wasn't that
00:09:23.860wasn't Paul Robinson's Venmo no I know this is a total shock to his son's an
00:09:28.940adult in college. I have college kids. They have their own Venmo accounts. I don't monitor them.
00:09:35.320Who monitors their adult child's Venmo account? Abatiello, Thomas Robinson, and several other
00:09:43.060defendants set for preliminary hearings September 2nd. Coming up, conservative commentator Scott
00:09:50.060Jennings reportedly trying to make his move to become the next face of the Trump White House,
00:09:54.480and Bill Gates' daughter allegedly taking a secret Stanford class on how to rule the world
00:10:00.140years before her startup was accused of gaming the system.
00:10:07.940You don't wait until your house is on fire to install a smoke detector,
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00:10:20.700crash, the hurricane, or the house fire, it's too late. Similarly, you don't wait until the dollar
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00:10:30.720right now because you never know what will threaten your savings next. Persistent inflation,
00:13:57.980I don't know, but I'll tell you this. Caroline Levitt has been maybe the greatest White House press secretary in the last 30 years, at least.0.82
00:14:07.600She's been nothing short of brilliant.