mueller. the president certainly could do that if he so chose. but instead what we've sort of witnessed is what appears to be a very sort of public stalling game, a public mudslinging effort by rudy giuliani. and the president's legal team. broadly, they are able to monopolize the air waves right now because robert mueller, the special counselor, his team, they are not speaking publicly. instead we've heard from giuliani as a variety of occasions as you noted over the last several months doing what's sort of a delicate dance. publicly negotiating, more often commentating. describing in multiple occasions this investigation is illegitimate. saying there's a lot of bad information about robert mueller here that hasn't gotten out yet without giving any specific details about it, effectively saying it's going to blow up in robert mueller's face. a lot of this appears to be an effort to really rile up some of the president's base of supporters here. in effect, inoculate him against whatever the ultimate findings are in this situation. but he's also said what appears