what i'm told by sources that are familiar w his thinking is that there was never really an expectation that he would go into a serious criminal justice process with the legal counsel he has right now. the people he had on his team were basically brought on to deal with the con investigations and document production and not really to hash out either a plea deal or to go to trial on some kind of a criminal charge which i think likal cohen had no idea he would possibly face when this process starred. so i think what we're seeing here is some movement in that direction which could lead to a plea deal and maybe flipping on the predent and could be part of the normal process leading to some criminal charges. >> just to clarify, these attorneys are retained by cohen before he finds himself raided by thefbi? >> that's right. they were involved in sending those documents up to capitol hill that were being demanded by various committees investigating the russia trump affair. >> we should say that, what did you want to say, christine?