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One, in a way, we're all -- all of your viewers are going through law school again as we follow this. and i want to remind viewers that, you know, what judge chutkan is ordering is completely routine other than this is a form he president. which he's asking for and demanding is that there not be commentary outside of the courthouse steps or in donald trump's case on truth social that tampers with the pool or seems or appears to threaten witnesses. judges have come down so hard on any public commentary by lawyers toward defendants that threatens either of those. this is no mystery to anybody wh...

Charged by itself. but you can absolutely have -- the obstruction is the alleged crime. >> and they articulate that in the indictment to suggest what was he trying to avoid. we talk about what the motive is, to avoid a federal grand jury. that's part of an investigative arm of the government. that's part of the pursuit of justice. you can obstruct even if you do not have the underlying crime because that of course is a set alone case. but it's all part of i think a conflation of something. they're very well aware that you've got to have something pretty sexy for a jury when you're talking abou...

Very coordinated effort with social -- with secret service, of course, keeping a close eye on the former president, miami pd will make sure that there are detours, and road closures in place where needed, then you have the u.s. marshals and the fbi, they've also been scouring social media, looking for any type of actionable intelligence that could be of concern, they're also making sure that there isn't any type of call to action, like something that would encourage another january 6th, if you will, here in the state of florida. there's a lot of concern, a lot of eyes on the courthouse, and wh...

Just ended, and one thing that came out of the o.j. simpson case was that nobody wanted to put cameras in their courtroom again after that. >> the judge made a ruling, a few weeks before the second trial started, that he was not going to allow the camera in the courtroom. in order for tv stations to cover menendez two, they had to go old school and bring in a sketch artist. >> but the way it turned out is people were still wanting to hear every detail of this case. >> mic check, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 -- >> and so every time there was a break in court, i would go outside on the courthouse steps and re...

Mentioned the courthouse steps, that's the cliche, this was the jury -- the jury was impanelled. the lawyers are raring to go, the mics were on, these lawyers were ready for combat. when that stops out of the blue and we're sitting there for hours, the rumors, was there bad sushi from lunch crazy moments. other lawyers in the room hadn't seen anything like that happen before wild moment. there you have it, settlement. which so many people have predicted all along but people here on the ground in delaware their job was to litigate and these lawyers were prepped 40 boxes brought into this buildi...