that remains to be unanswered. what we do know is once they were arrested, all of the news reports started claiming this big victory for the egyptian police who were under a lot of criticism at the time for cracking down on, this quote, human trafficking ring, which was completely absurd. and quickly the prosecution found out that they had no case. they had no evidence. so, for years, two and a half years, in fact, they just delayed, and delayed, and delayed. steve: so, wade, so for, you know, finally sprung after three years, by president trump and the trump administration, clearly bogus charges; why couldn't the obama administration string him? >> so, the timing of the case is very curious. so last fall, the family reached out to the obama administration, who issued a really strong public statement for the first time saying that aya hijazi should be released and charges dropped.