distract. as far as trump's comments -- >> from what? what are they distracting from? what are they distracting from? >> from the ongoing investigation that is already initiated more indictments than almost any special counsel case by this phase. >> no, none of them are connected to collusion. >> hold on. >> none of these are specifically mention collusion. we are six months into a special counsel investigation. [ overlapping dialog ] >> seven years. yes, in six months. the average special counsel investigation goes for seven years. and we already have other 30 meetings between trump officials and the russians. we have half a dozen trump officials lying about contact with the russians. if nothing happened they are doing a great job of making sure it has. they should say great, mueller, go for it. investigate whatever you want. >> and that's exactly what the president is doing. the president has made it clear he is not firing mueller, which