>> it could be a memo -- that's part of why the nominee today was reluctant to commit to what he would then provide. because he doesn't know if that's going to look like a prosecutive memo that recommends here's the charges we brought, here's the charges we couldn't bring. and so he's not going to do what jim comey was accused of doing, which was providing derogatory information about someone who was not worthy of being prosecuted. >> and barr raised that today. because it was an outrage for comey not charging hillary clinton but then trashing her. and to his credit barr said that was bad. the case with trump is very different because barr said he cannot be indicted and the office of legal counsel has for many years said he cannot be indicted. so they cannot speak through an indictment against president donald trump. they have to speak through this report. and he better put everything in it and we'd better see it. >> although -- go ahead. >> format necessarily isn't as relevant as the fact that then if they adopt the department of justice long-standing legal position that the president can be indicted then what they would do is lay out the facts, here's