he has right now. the people he had on his team were basically brought on to deal with the congressional 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 president and could be part of the normal process leading to some criminal charges. >> just to clarify, these attorneys are retained by n before he finds himself ed by the fbi? >> that. 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? >> one big unknown right now in the cohen investigation is what his long-time business partner the so-called taxi king of new