liberties, although i'm sad to say of course what you're going to see is trump and his supporters are then going to trash the judge just like they trash anybody else who tries to impose any kind of limitations on what this president can do. >> so will this ruling speak to someone like a john bolton, max? >> well, i don't know that it's going to speak to him directly. again, i think to the point that we were just discussing, i think, you know, ultimately if somebody like john bolton wants to avoid testifying, i suspect he will find a way just by dragging the process out, and democrats have made clear they don't want to hold up the entire impeachment process simply to try to compel testimony from people like bolton. but they should not be hiding behind legalities. what this makes clear is if john bolton is not testifying, it's not because he's not allowed to testify under the law. it's because he has something to hide or because he's waiting to deliver his testimony in return for a $2 million book payment rather than doing his civic duty and actually telling congress what he knows about this impeachment inquiry. >> now, kim, the judge does give