pardon? >> and that's the big question. let me ask our legal analysts how they interpret it. jennifer, friends in high places? does this sound like a pardon dangle to you or just somebody trying to keep the relationship strong or even repairing a relationship that may not be as strong? >> well, you know, it's hard to tell, obviously, it's very vague. but here is a time when the feds have gone in and seized, pursuant to court order, a bunch of materials. a lot of that communications between trump and cohen and cohen's work for trump. so they're kind of all in this universe of what's out there, what do they have? what are we facing now? let's kind of stick together. you know, remember, there was a joint defense agreement around this time period when the federal officials were going through all of the seized materials and trying to determine what was privileged, what could they look at, what could they use in a potential prosecution? so the notion of communication between the two of them, and listen, you know, we're in this together, let's stick together, is not so inherently problematic to me at this time. you know, on the other hand, the