to be answering necessarily every inquiry from my prosecutor who wants to interview him. >> symone, i'll let you jump in. that could be a risk, steve, from both sides because nobody knows what would happen in the end. symone, go ahead. >> i want to make one thing clear. the attorney general is not the president's attorney. that's why the white house has white house counsel. the department of justice are the people's attorney. they are there to protect and defend the constitution. they do not swear an oath to the president of the united states. they swear an oath to the constitution. that's important here because the department of justice is doing what they think is in the best interest of the constitution, of the american people. so, therefore, it is well within their purview to do whatever they believe is important, particularly the special counsel's office to get to the bottom of and end this investigation. the president's lawyers reportedly saying they do not want him to be interviewed by the special counsel smacks of they don't want the president to walk in there and lie and p