generally raises the questions of obstruct what? are they obstructing the grand jury investigation which is the more classic type of case? this meeting in the trump tower with the russians was pretty early, and it's hard to imagine that would be a case for obstruction. but we obviously don't know what mueller has. but the danger here is that when people go on the record, their risk is magnified. as a criminal defense attorney, this is the most precarious time for a client, in my view, because you have to stay between those navigation albeconsequence, make sure that you haven't contradicted statements that you've made earlier under lays like 18 usc 2001, which is lying to federal investigators. and in the mix you have these sort of live tore pea dose in the water which involves paul manafort. mueller is putting a lot of pressure on manafort to see, obviously, if he will cooperate and give him something.