he criminal probe, the attorney's office which is in its early stages also was examining whether the committee's top donors gave money in exchange for access to the incoming trip administration. policy concessions or to influence official administration positions. sarah sanders just answered a question on this. >> that doesn't have anything to do with the president or the first lady. the biggest in the president did as a engage in inauguration. he raised his hand and he took the oath. he was focused on the transition period not to any of the other things. >> bret: that is from the white house tonight, let's start there. fox news senior analyst, andrew. calmness from bloomberg opinion, tom beveridge, realpolitik's cofounder. let's start on the inauguration committee these things are often how do you say, little slimy?