people. here's witty jumping to susan hennessey's defense. maybe he saw my podcast where i was exposing the scandal. i don't know why he's doing is. maybe he got wind that you and i would be on the air together. he said did she comment that kiss tosser steele was a -- christopher steele was a person whose work intelligence officials take seriously. it's a hilarious statement. steele wasn't taken seriously by his own sources. who told them, hey, he publishe? that stuff? this was bar joke. i didn't mean for a national investigation. this is a joke. >> you're absolutely right. i did read that. i i did wonder, like why did he put that out right now. i guesses trying to defend the blog and susan hennessey at the same time. maybe hoping that people won't pay attention to what's going on here because the muddies so -- mud is so thick and so murky most people can't see through it.