that is fair, it is a constitutionally based privilege recognized by unanimous supreme court during the nixon impeachmentge process. or investigative process. so it's very important in our separation of power system, for the judiciary branch, the article three branch, to be able to do its work. when the article one branch, congress, is exercising its authority, and so is the article two branch, that is precisely when the courthouse door needs to be open. and as alan just said, that is why the supreme court is sent, among other things, to resolve these interbranch conflicts. >> sean: do you think, this is your party, i know you're not proud of your party tonight.n: do you think the damage they have done here, hating trump for three years, nonstop investigation, no evidenceam of anything, and they've done nothing for the american people. what does that do to them, politically?