known. everything has to be planned around when the ag is in town, when they're not in town. for something as significant as this to be planned when the ag is out of town, it suggests either barr is very comfortable with what's going to be said or mueller being quite an old hand and his team being quite e experienced, deliberately chose a day when the ag is not in known. >> it's a good point, shan. you've been around washington for a wile, that things like that -- listen, could just be an accident of timing here, but significant to have the boss out of town when that happens. so you would say, it's unlikely that those two things are not connected? >> i would say it's a little bit unlikely. those sorts of schedules are pretty carefully coordinated. and, you know, the sort of tableaus we've seen with everyone standing on the podium is how the department likes to project its unity. so to have this statement possibly mueller's last