be recused. we've had him leave. we've got an acting attorney general there now. there's different reporting about whether or not the acting attorney general matt whitaker or rod rosenstein is overseeing the investigation or dealing with important developments in the investigation on a day-to-day basis. do you have any concern that this statement from the special counsel's office might be an effort to dissuade you and dissuade your reporters from pursuing this, even if it is accurate, either because it interference with the special counsel's investigation in some way or it is otherwise too uncomfortable as territory for this justice department? >> i mean, you know, there's a -- these are some of the best lawyers in america here and this statement is obviously crafted by lawyers to mean something. it is not totally clear what it means. but, you know, and i think we would like to know what it means. it's hard to speculate on the motive when you aren't really clear on what it means. >> mmm-hmm. do you have anything that you can tell us in terms of what we should expect for next steps? obviously if the story needs to