illinois, and california. so the idea that these aren't legitimate, you know, we should put that to rest. now the question is the timing is they cannot make this look political because the president, look, a largely democratic city, it's a democratically elected district attorney. and so certainly, the allegations of partisanship are there. we've seen that the president can attack the credibility of an institution. as you saw with the special counsel. i think he can do that here if, you know, so as with all prosecutors, look, i face this, all prosecutors do. you need to be taken seriously and you're bringing charges without fear or favor, and if there's that implication, certainly it doesn't bode well for those charges, but they appear to be looking at the indictment. they're righteous charges based on unlawful conduct. >> usually the state cedes to the fed when it's the same fact they're looking at. the timing on top of it. we need to learn more. they have wood to chop here to convince people it's all straight ahead prosecution. john, i have a question i want