are -- are doing is illegitimate. this letter was sent to the congressional committees this afternoon by jon sale who is giuliani's now former attorney. giuliani is telling us that he has parted ways with jon sale. this part of the inquiry or this interaction with congress is over in his view. but we're talking to people close to rooulg and they're vising that he needs a real lawyer, an attorney who will handle this investigation that is ramping up in the southern district of new york and manhattan because there is some real legal problems he faces as a result of this investigation, jake. we're told that at this point giuliani said that he doesn't really see the need for an attorney. he believes he is protected because all of the work he was doing, he said in ukraine, was done at the behest of the president. jake. >> interesting legal argument. evan perez, thank you so much. a number of major developments in the house impeachment inquiry into president trump over just of the