investigate the investigator? i’m investigate the investigator? i m not that comfortable, i agree, with congress not that comfortable, i agree, with congress trying not that comfortable, i agree, with congress trying to not that comfortable, i agree, with congress trying to insert not that comfortable, i agree, with congress trying to insert itself- congress trying to insert itself here congress trying to insert itself here. normally congress trying to insert itself here. normally when - congress trying to insert itself here. normally when you - congress trying to insert itself| here. normally when you have overlapping here. normally when you have overlapping charges here. normally when you have overlapping charges betweeni here. normally when you have . overlapping charges between the federal overlapping charges between the federal and overlapping charges between the federal and state overlapping charges between the federal and state government, i overlapping cha
the jury is having trouble getting organized, walking through this 24-count indictment which is rather complicated, some overlapping charges, overlapping instances and accusations. and he suggested that if they asked for this again later on, it really does mean they re having trouble getting going and understanding what the charges are, that he might give them both the prosecution s and the defense s closing arguments in transcript form. and as you say, chris, governor blagojevich, former governor blagojevich is not here today, he has waved his right to be present when the jury comes in with questions. he is at home, last night we re told he watched the chicago cubs lose to the houston astros, today he hasn t ventured out of the house, we re not sure what he s up to. way we want to take you back to arizona where the protests continues following the judge s ruling yesterday, that did away
now there s a separate case against him in virginia. a lot of overlapping charges. what he s saying to the judge is that robert mule her no legal authority to bring these charges. here s why. he says the special counsel regulations say that a special counsel is appointed to investigate a specific matter which in this case was russian election meddling. so the charges against manafort that have nothing to do with that, about his lobbying or ukraine and his efforts to hide the money according to prosecutors, that s beyond his original charge. secondly they say when the department attorney general rod rosenstein said that mueller could investigate anything else that came that he became aware of as a result of the investigation, that was too broad because that goes beyond what the special counsel regulations allow him do. and secondly they say the justice department already knew about manafort s ukrainian lobbying and all those questions because he was investigated in 2014. so mueller ca