intention whatsoever in any manner, shape or form of attempting to require the special prosecutor to conform or consult with you about his duties except when he determines that he should consult you? >> saxbe, that is correct. the last thing i want to do is become involved in this investigation. so in terms of historical precedent and the way the senate has handled this in the past, that is the model the last time they confirmed attorney general in circumstances that remotely approached what we are looking at right now. and no, i do not expect that tomorrow there will be a big surprise murmur in the hearing room when the senate unexpectedly calls robert mueller out of the audience in that hearing room and they ask to swear him in and he sits down next to william barr, but william barr has released his opening statement for tomorrow in which he insists he is a