replied "i love it" to. it's always been an interesting defense, to say the least. >> another question, john, has to do with the drafting of the statement about the trump tower meeting by trump and hope hicks aboard air force one. this is from "the washington post," june 1973, the story by carl bernstein, it says "dean alleges nixon knew of coverup plan." are there similarities here, john? >> that's the sort of thing that leaked out. i never met with carl until after watergate was over. i learned 40 years after the fact that one of my lawyers was leaked to carl and bob. and as i say, they withheld that