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These three, at least three types of potential charges on the table and prosecutors would have offered mr. patton in exchange for his cooperation this deal. and part of the deal was we'll only charge you with one of these crimes that you committed. we'll give you a pass on the other two. but the rules that prosecutors operate under require prosecutors to disclose all of that conduct to the court so that's why we heard this more fulsome conversation in front of the court when the judge took the plea. >> so they're required to say out loud, essentially, in print that they know he committed these...

That they know he committed these crimes simply because of the rules of the court, not becauses it's some strategic thing in's terms of them tryingo tell the public they're aware 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. patton to plead just to count one and ask the court to dismiscous counts two three. but notco...

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 ...