we know also that some of the interviews you were under way. so the fbi is comparing what the interview he's were saying with the data. what i'm saying is when jim comey walked into some of those conversation with the president that he knew already some of the president's advisers had liesd to the fbi. that's a federal violation. he already knew the trump team was in trouble. >> remember, papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi on january 27th -- >> july. >> no. january 27th. that's when he pleaded guilty in july. his statement to the fbi was in january. jim comey wasn't even named until may. so this investigation had been preceding for months. and you have to give the fbi credit. they knew who to ask and what to ask way back in january. and, you know, that suggests that they had accumulated, as phil was saying a good deal of information even before comey