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Deuces tecum. a subpoena duces tecum is more than a file cabinet. it can be a broad as a huge swath of documents that could take months to go through and the subpoena makes their obligations crystal clear. what the defense team should do at this point, immediately call the u.s. attorneys. immediately call the mueller team. open the dialogue with them, find out whether they're willing to voluntarily limit because a motion to quash or limit a subpoena, asking a court to do it is a very, very steep burden to meet. >> all right. we are going to find out what hopefully more this is all about. thank...

Why issue the subpoena? >> it's hard to glean their strategy, but one reason may be to make it a little more public than a private sort of unofficial phone call to try and get documents, or it may be that mueller's team wants to do everything by the book. and so far they really have. when they issue a subpoena such as this, it's incumbent upon the recipient to either opposite it or -- this is what defense attorneys do all the time. they pick up the phone, they call the prosecutor and say, what is this? are you interested in limiting the scope? what exactly are you looking for? and mueller's te...