has been -- there is belief this suit is basically an exercise to force the release of the president's tax returns. is it. >> i think the tax returns issues, you know certainly are relevant to the lawsuit. but the lawsuit is not purposed in order to get the tax returns. we need financial information to get a sense of the entirety of the president's businesses. that's the only way we're going to be able to know the full scope of foreign countries cribbing money to the president. >> you do plan to seek the president's tax returns as part of the lawsuit. >> no doubt. >> the -- as port of a 70-page department of justice brief released on friday in response to another suit over the president's businesses, the department of justice attorney stated that quote were plaintiff's interpretation correct president he is from the beginning of the republic including george washington would have received prohibited emolument. are they right about that have