mueller and his investigation. and i think a lot of that has less to do with the legal battle ahead as much as it does fighting this battle in the court of public opinion. and so i think the point stands that is no president is above the law and would raise a great deal of questions if he were to pardon himself. i think what he is trying to do is lay the ground work to at a minimum discredit the work of rob robert mule easte robert mueller so regardless of the conclusion of the investigation, he's going to leave it to the american public to decide if they believe tha the investigation was conducted fairly. and there is polling to suggest that he is it winning that fight at least in the minds of republicans. a ma jojority of whom agree wit the president that this investigation is a witch hunt even though there is no evidence to support the president's claim as such. republicans on capitol hill i think they really hold the key as to whether or not there would be any action taken against this president by congress. so far they have, of course,