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BREAKING: Here are the SDNY prosecutors' recommendations for the special masters in the Cohen case: three retired magistrate judges.

I'll share the government's full letter in a moment.

Here's the government's letter, which:

* Proposes a status conference on May 25
* Emphasizes they don't want any special master at all.

documentcloud.org/documents/4440…

Lots of folks have been asking me about Cohen's picks.

If you missed my tweets on that last night, that's because their letter dropped minutes before midnight last night. Revisited:

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Also, I have a story on the editing queue on both the Cohen and government picks, with commentary by two excellent legal experts. Watch out for it soon.

Observation from live-tweeting cases:

1. Reporters covering the courts constantly try to avoid legal jargon and arcane procedure to make proceedings understandable, as we should.

But I've seen a considerable public interest here in simply explaining court procedure.

2. Basic things like, what is a TRO (temporary restraining order)?

What is a special master?

How does attorney-client privilege work?

Please explain the significance of that citation.

These institutions serve us, and yet, for many, they can seem abstruse and inaccessible.

3. One of the benefits of Twitter, journalistically, is the ability to "show your work" and explain how our public institutions work.

Instead of considering ways to avoid jargon and procedure, it helps to show how legal procedures function and why it is that way.