judges in washington d.c. >> tucker: that's right. >> who allowed the federal government to play every single game to keep this evidence out of the hands of defendants violating their oath of office to protect the rights of defendants and their due process rights. so i really want to emphasize that. but, look, tucker, there's 1,000 criminal defendants right now. half of them have pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial. so -- and the government just announced two months ago in january that they were still uploading global, they call, discovery which means material related to the entire investigation. what they did was arrest people first, find the evidence later and cover up what could, um, potentially exonerate these defendants. >> tucker: if this were happening in any other country, the u.s. state department would immediately acknowledge these were violations of the most basic human rights. these are political prisoners and the u.s. government would condemn it but it's happening here and it's ignored, except by you, and i so appreciate your tireless reporting on this.