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That trial to get everything they can from the u.s. justice department about the russia investigation, about robert mueller, about the work of the special counsel's office. they've been using the discovery process, the fact that they're appearing in court as a defendant, they've been trying to get whatever evidence they can about what allowed mueller to compile these charges, what evidence they were able to pile up against all these russian entities. so they're thinking no actual russians need to face legal jeopardy here, but by having a russian corporation turn up, maybe we can use the discov...

To compile these charges, what evidence they were able to pile up against all these russian entities. so they're thinking no actual russians need to face legal jeopardy here, but by having a russian corporation turn up, maybe we can use the discovery process for that corporation to get all this information about what mueller knows and how he knows it. so it's a clever little gambit that they pulled, and it has already resulted in the big knock-down drag-out legal fight over a whole bunch of weeks and months now. you might remember earlier this month, one of the requests for discovery materials...

General doesn't fire bob mueller but just reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt. >> dana: tell me about the rules there. relationship between special counsel's office and attorney general. >> welsh the special counsel has a duty to keep the attorney general informed. there's periodic reporting. it's not daily supervision. the special counsel once a fiscal year submits something to the attorney general saying we need ex-amount of resources to pay for whatever, investigators, attorneys, discovery materials, whatever it may be. that gets approved on a yearly bas...

Quote, restricting the use, dissemination and disposition of discovery materials, meaning evidence, which the defendant has requested in advance of his sentencing. protective order today? here's what i want to know. why, five days before mueller's prosecutors make their recommendation for punishment for george papadopoulos, why today was a giant legal cone of silence dropped on top of all the evidence in his case? why did that happen and why now? if you know, tell me. send it to rachel.com. if i find out by hook or by crook, i will tell you next. stay with us.

George should spend behind bars. but a funny thing happened today. robert mueller requested and was granted a protective order, quote, restricting the use, dissemination of discovery materials which the defendant has requested in advance of his sentencing. protective order today? why five days before mueller's prosecutors make their recommendation for punishment for george papadopoulos, why today was a giant legal cone of silence dropped on top of all the evidence in this case? why did that happen and why now? if you know, tell me. if i find out by hook or by crook, i will tell you next. stay ...