while they do it. they don t want anybody to see it as a bad thing even as they keep doing it. so judge for yourself. i m going to i m going to go to break right here. we have one more segment coming up. as we go to break, i want you to watch this one more time and check out the white house transcript alongside it. you judge for yourself. president putin, did you want president trump to win the election, and did you direct any of your officials to help him do that? yes, i did. yes, i did. because we talked about bringing the u.s.-russia relationship back to normal. two motorcycles, a boat, and an r.v. i would not want to pay that insurance bill. [ ding ] -oh, i have progressive, so i just bundled everything with my home insurance. saved me a ton of money. -love you, gary! -you don t have to buzz in. it s not a question, gary. on march 1, 1810 [ ding ] -frédéric chopin. -collapsing in 226 [ ding ] -the colossus of rhodes. -[ sighs ] louise dustmann [ ding ] -brahms lulla
of your client the fact it s in your client s possession doesn t give it possession. i m not clearly understanding your position. defense lawyer. it s my position it s the government s burdton say what needs to be protected and why. for example, my client s diary and my client s notes, documents of my client. p my client s immigration records simply because they came into the possession of the government she doesn t lose her first amendment rights or ability to do with those documents what she wants. the judge:well, this is a pending criminal case. i m curious what you would be planning to do with her immigration documents or diary in advance of the trial. defense lawyer:well, i mean, they might be evidence at the trial but there might be other purposes for which they would be used. there are ongoing congressional investigations we ve been dealing with. a lot of these same documents
needs to be protected and why. for example, my client s diary and my client s notes, documents of my client. my client s immigration papers all those things simply because they came into the posession of the government she doesn t lose her first amendment rights or ability to do with those documents what she wants. the juk, well, this is a pending criminal case. i m sort of curious as to what you would be planning to do with her immigration documents or her diary in advance of the trial. defense lawyer, well, i mean, they might be evidence at the trial but there might be other purposes for which they would be used. there are ongoing congressional investigations, for example, that we ve been dealing with. a lot of these same documents have already been introduced to the intelligence committee. the judge, well, certainly if those documents are subjects of a subpoena you can go to the government and says these documents or items have been subject to subpoena. this is the judge whittling
he went after them on this specific issue in court today and it didn t go well. defense lawyer: we did make a special request with the government to receive on an expedite basis any evidence they had to back up their claim miss butina traded sex for a job. that has become unfortunately a big issue in the media. as proffered in the bond hearing before we have no idea what the government is talking about and don t believe it is true. the government has we presume they could give that part of it to us so we could see what it is. the government has not agreed to do that. they said we can wait for discovery to do that. the judge jumps in, mr. saunders, speaking to the prosecutor now, what s your position with regard to the information mr. driscoll just requested. our position is two-fold, we want to make sure the protective order is in place before giving over anything. second, we re concerned as to what use anything will be put. if the defense is seeking
over the course of this hearing today, they go on to fight with him about why that is bad in and of itself. the judge at one point says to maria butina s defense lawyer, do you think it s in your client s best interests to have your case tried in the press? she later says i certainly don t want to impose a gag order as other judges have in other cases in this court but i will entertain a motion or a request to do so if you think that your statements violate our local rules so i am cushioning you. there s this fight in court today over the defense lawyer of maria butina talking to the press about her case and the prosecution is pressing their argument and the judge seems to basically agree butina s defense lawyer shouldn t be doing that. the judge bluntly warns her defense lawyer that beak he should watch it in terms of him talking to the press. she also later tells the defense