trail. where it goes and if it goes nowhere, then it goes nowhere. jack, your turn now. you say appointing a special master is unusual in most cases. why is that? you usually don t need one. but, you know, in this case i think the judge wants to bend over backwards. look what the president did in that interview in attacking the fbi. he s done everything he possibly can to delegitimize the prosecutors and fbi here. so this was a very, very, i think, shrewd and important and justified move on her part as ken says to, you know, make sure there s no argument here that there was bias involved and it s not the fbi who s going to be taking the first cut at these documents. it s a former federal judge who s got a stellar reputation. that was a good move on her part. laura, you just heard michael avenatti saying cohen s request