trump's two defense, the top two senate republicans being quiet about this. mitt romney of utah putting out this statement today, by all appearances the justice department and special counsel have exercised due care affording mr. trump the time and opportunity to avoid charges that would not generally have been afforded to others. we see it on politics this senate split. senate republicans cringing they want trump to go, house republicans saying he is our guy. >> i have a suspicion that senator romney will be a lonely voice on that front even among senate republicans for the next several days at least because senate republicans fundamentally do not want to touch this issue. there is a reason why mcconnell is being quiet, a reason why thune who has endorsed tim scott for the presidency is being quiet in the race. before the indictment news came out you saw senate republicans start to get a little jittery because the field was getting to be so big, a lot of them do not want trump to be the nominee. that's why you're seeing the quiet and they are burying their