the narrative that had been advanced by the president, by the attorney general that there was total exoneration, that the only thing left to investigate were the organi gorigins of the investigation. there was a stark repudiation of his attorney general and president. second, in terms of content, i thought it was interesting what did he choose to highlight? he held up the report and could not charge a president under legal counsel guidance, congress is the only branch of government that can bring charges now against a sitting president. he noted that if he was confidence that the president had not committed crimes, he would have clearly said so, which is a very odd phrase. lawyerly polite way of saying i think there is misconduct and wrongdoing by the president and if i wasn't confident to that, i would have let you know and he opened the door, i think, for congress to do it's job holding