mr. crabbhe judge. your honor, i want to apologize to the court for the confusion that the government has caused with respect to this sentencing and the difficulties surrounding that. i want to make clear that the court that this confusion was not caused by the original trial team. the original trial team had authorized. the trial team wrote it, m mr. crabb, yes, your honor. the judge, but someone higher up than them had to approve it. correct, your honor. the judge, does that include you? mr. crabb, i was part of the process. did it go all the way to the u.s. attorney? yes, the u.s. attorney reviewed it, your honor. the judge, did he approve it? mr. crabb. and did the u.s. attorney's office for the district of columbia have to get approval? >> i know that there was consultation between the u.s. attorney's office and the main justice, the judge. did they receive the approval from main justice before they filed it? mr. crabb. no, your honor, my understanding is based on what the attorney general

mr. crabb: yes, your honor. the judge bsh but someone higher up than them had to approve.hat you? >> did it go all the way to the u.s. attorney? yes, the u.s. attorney reviewed it yurns. the judge, did he approve it? mr. crab, yes your honor. the judge, and did the u.s. attorney's office for the district of columbia have to get approval. mr. crab, i don't know the exact requirements. i know there was consultation between the u.s. attorney's office and main justice. the juk, did they receive approval before they filed it? mr. crab, no your honor. may understanding is there was a miscommunication between the attorney general and the u.s. attorney as to the authorization and the expectations that the attorney general had. the judge, but it was approved by everyone whose name was on it, including the u.s. attorney. mr. crab, yes, your honor. the judge, can you elaborate? do you have any personal knowledge about what the nature of that miscommunication was? mr. crab: no, your honor, i don't. the judge: you're not suggesting now that anything that was in the first filing about t