tell the fbi, they sought to hide the existence of the june 9th meeting for over a year, is that correct? >> on the general characterization, i would question it. if you're referring to later initiative that flowed from the media, then -- >> no. what i'm suggesting is that you said in volume ii, page 5, on several occasions the president directed aides to not publicly disclose the email setting up the june 9th meeting. >> yes, that's accurate. >> thanks. sir, given this illegal assistance by russians, you chose, even given that, you did not charge donald trump jr. or any of the other senior officials with conspiracy. is that right? >> correct. >> and while -- >> when you're talking about -- if you're talking about other individuals, you're talking about the attendees. >> that's right. >> of june 9th. >> that's right. even though you didn't charge them with conspiracy, don't you