look at the justice manual, any state a.g. they will say, we have nothing to do with politics, we don't consider politics. part of the problem with the scheduling of this trial, it's obvious doj and all the prosecutors are thinking about the election and they're trying to get it in before the election. they're not saying it, but it's clear they're very much focused on the election. this brings me to my second point about why it's problematic for prosecutors to think about counteracting pardons. how are we deciding which pardons we're going to try to essentially undo? if you're a federal prosecutor, you fear a president might pardon your case, which case do you send over to the state? which of the hundreds of pardons that a president will issue, do you call across the state and say, i want you to pick this up? how are we making these decisions, and is it possible to separate those from politics? i don't think it is. >> i totally get your point. it seems like it's a selective