again, he eventually will be sentenced by that same judge who took his plea today. i mentioned that he is the latest cooperating witness and the latest guilty plea in the special counsel s investigation. i should note that this appears to be another one of those cases that started with the special counsel s office but they appear to have handed it off. the prosecutors who actually appeared in court today for this hearing for sam pat ten were prosecutors from the u.s. attorney s office in d.c. and main justice, from the national security division at main justice. reporters say at least one lawyer and multiple fbi agents associated with the special counsel s office were physically there in court today to see sam patten plead get but those fbi exactlies and lawyers from the special counsel s office although they were there, they didn t speak in court and they definitely didn t answer any reporters questions. so they originated in the special counsel s office and handed off to those other