do so for their oversight and accountability function. but also one of the questions i have is, why, if this was another indication of somebody close in the trump orbit or the administration or a personal attorney or otherwise, trying to influence or impede the investigation, and flynn himself has said that it may have had some influence on his willingness to continue to cooperate, knowing how important it was, then it makes that needle go again in the direction of why was this not found to be obstructive conduct by the attorney general? >> we do know, david, about a quote from the mueller report, part of a voicemail message that was left from one of the president's personal attorneys to flynn's attorney. on the day flynn withdrew from the joint defense agreement and the president's lawyers had been told flynn could no longer talk to the white house or the president. let me read the quote to you and get your response. it says, "it wouldn't surprise me if you've gone on to make a deal with the government. if there's information that implicates the president, then