these points. if there is any threat in the background, though, to strip mueller of his security clearance, that would be the equivalent of, you know, nixon's actions on steroids. that would prompt i think the immediate constitutional crisis and impeachment that we've been potentially pointing towards. but i think it's telling that at the end of the manafort trial and at all these points, he keeps coming back to the mueller probe. it reinforces people when they say this is a lie that it's about national security. it's all about his anxiety and outrage at the mueller probe. >> that's the president arriving in the hamptons in long island for a fundraiser, private fundraiser before he goes to bedminster for the rest of the weekend. interestingly, ben wittes, our