for. in his written answers, president trump's written answers to special counsel robert mueller's questions, what did president trump have to say about the trump moscow project? >> he acknowledged they had conversations about it throughout 2015, 2016. >> through november 2016? >> he answered -- >> right? that's what you said before. >> he answered those questions fully, and i think to the satisfaction of the special counsel. so i'm not at all concerned about that. he gave a full and complete answer. i can't share the whole thing with you, but i can share the conclusion, which is he has conversations with michael cohen, but it was michael cohen driving the project. as of course anybody who's being fair minded would understand. he was running, i emphasize, for president of the united states, tied up 18 hours a day with that. >> right. >> if he could devote a minute a day to this, it would be a lot. so it would be a minute here, a minute there, a minute here. your recollection of that is not going to be that strong. the guy running the deal is going to remember it. >> all right. joining me now from washington is "washington post" columnist