of where he thinks this special counsel has authority, that he is not apparently challenging at this point. go ahead, david. >> and don, politically, right. there was a point in time however many months ago when it might have been more plausible for the president, for the administration to argue, look, nothing to see here. why is the media looking into the president's finances? but with each sort of billow in this building cloud of smoke around the president and his team and russia, it's harder and harder just politically to make a credible case that looking into the president's finances, whatever is found, is beyond the pale or somehow an overreach by special prosecutor mueller. it's at least something based on what we know should be looked into even if he doesn't find anything. >> let's talk more about because he took on comey, saying comey only brought up the so-called dossier full of salacious material because he wanted to keep his job. that it's sort of leverage. i want you to listen. this is how james comey testified about that moment in his testimony before the senate