criminal risk. >> reporter: absolutely. but if it means -- potentially being able to win the white house and suspend if he were to be found guilty and suspend any sort of a prison time, i guess the question is what are the stakes even if it means potentially throwing himself in the middle of this and despite whatever his counsel tries to do and convince him on his own behalf, i don't think it's out of the realm of possibility. of course his liam team i think as you -- legal team i think as you are much more legally equipped to be making this argument. from a political lens, which i think donald trump so often views even the legal, i think that it's still very much within the realm of possibility he could decide to go that route. >> one other piece of reporting that i remember wishing i didn't possess at the time was his rage at the book drafted by stormy daniels, particularly her descriptions of their intimate moments. i mean, this is -- he doesn't care about being called an incompetent commander in chief, he doesn't care about the