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That they know he committed these crimes simply because of the rules of the court, not because it's some strategic thing in terms of them trying to tell the public that they're aware that these crimes were committed? >> right. it's not public facing. it's actually an internal doj practice to fully disclose everything of that nature that you have included in their plea decision. if you were doing it after indictment, you might have a three-count indictment and you would go to the court and say, we'll permit mr. patten to plead just to count one and ask the court to dismiss counts two and three ...
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